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Detroit Labor Day: “Stand up for collective bargaining”

September 4, 2012 By John Rummel

Michigan's working families know they are in the fight of their lives. The state's Republican legislature is introducing bill after bill that curtails workers' right to bargain collectively.

Michigan attorney general: “Collective bargaining initiative unconstitutional!”

August 15, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy

Given the hyper-partisan climate in Michigan's state capitol, this shouldn't surprise anyone.

A win, a loss, and a toss-up for labor in Michigan

June 25, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Labor won one, lost one, and had one key issue still up in the air in the latest action in the Republican-run Michigan legislature.

Michigan ‘protect our jobs’ petition passes signature threshold

June 22, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy

Michigan's Protect Our Jobs coalition has gathered more than double the amount of signatures necessary to put a proposed state constitutional amendment enshrining union rights on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Planned new $1B U.S.-Canada bridge to create thousands of jobs

June 21, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy And Mark Gruenberg

A new billion-dollar bridge between Detroit and Windsor., the busiest border crossing from Canada to the U.S., will create 10,000 new jobs on the U.S. side, and it'll be built with U.S. and Canadian steel.