Unions

Employees at the Delfield manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant took to the streets Wednesday morning in protest of the company locking its doors after a third tentative contract agreement with the local United Steel Workers Union fell through.

Over 70% of Michigan State University Extension employees voted to join a union for non-tenured faculty, giving them a voice to bargain with the university's administration.

Officers will be hosting three informational pickets at correctional facilities in Marquette, Baraga and Chippewa counties next week.

The Central Michigan University Faculty Association says the new contract that will last till June 30, 2029 is a good step in the right direction, but there is still work that needs to be done.

More than a year after voting to unionize, workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing are still without a contract. The restaurant was the first of the fast-food chains in the country to unionize.

The Higher Learning Commission is reviewing a complaint alleging that the University of Michigan falsified grades.

The state House Labor Committee adopted bills today to restore some teacher union bargaining power in contract negotiations.

Unionized graduate students employed at the University of Michigan plan to walk off the job tomorrow.

The Michigan Legislature has sent Governor Gretchen Whitmer pro-union bills that include repealing the state's decade-old right-to-work law.

After one week of session, Democratic state lawmakers are already taking steps to repeal Michigan’s “right to work” law.“Right to work” bans making the payment of some union fees a condition of employment. It was a major Republican priority at the time.