Articles tagged: right to work
State spends about $90K on right-to-work materials
Posted: Apr 26, 2013Michigan officials say they've spent about $90,000 on informational posters related to the state's new right-to-work law. Read more »
University of Michigan will not be penalized for long labor contracts
Posted: Apr 23, 2013The Republican-led Michigan House on Tuesday dropped plans to punish public universities, school districts and local governments that signed unusually long labor contracts before the state's right-to-work law took effect. Read more »
State House and Senate GOP at odds over right-to-work penalty that would affect University of Michigan
Posted: Apr 10, 2013Michigan's House and Senate Republicans disagree about just how involved legislators should be in the inner workings of the state's 15 public universities. Read more »
Protesters demonstrate in Detroit as right-to-work law takes effect in Michigan
Posted: Mar 28, 2013Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said a right-to-work law that took effect Thursday is a milestone that will bring jobs to Michigan. Read more »
5 University of Michigan union contracts ratified in advance of right to work
Posted: Mar 27, 2013Right-to-work legislation takes effect Thursday, but five University of Michigan unions won't have to worry about its impact for several years. Read more »
Washtenaw among counties risking state funds for lengthy labor contracts
Posted: Mar 27, 2013Legislation passed by a Republican-controlled House panel could put some state funding at risk for local governments that sign long labor contracts before Michigan's right-to-work law takes effect. Read more »
Tough laws, reduced ranks - what next for unions?
Posted: Mar 24, 2013From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. Read more »
Ann Arbor teachers union voting on tentative agreement authorizing 3-percent pay cut
Posted: Mar 21, 2013Ann Arbor Public Schools teachers will continue voting Thursday on whether to give up 3 percent of their pay to help the district reduce its budget by $17 million to $20 million for the 2013-14 academic year. Read more »
Gov. Rick Snyder says Michigan is model for GOP
Posted: Mar 19, 2013Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday that national Republicans would be wise to take their cues from leaders in the states rather than Washington, D.C., as they try to regroup from a string of election defeats. Read more »
More unions ask to negotiate contracts with Washtenaw County as right-to-work deadline looms
Posted: Mar 18, 2013As Washtenaw County administrative staff works on an expedited schedule to negotiate seven union contracts, more unions are asking the county to extend the deadline of their contracts before the right-to-work law takes effect March ... Read more »
Detroit News: University of Michigan agrees to contract with lecturers union ahead of right to work deadline
Posted: Mar 06, 2013The University of Michigan and the Lecturers' Employee Organization reached a tentative five-year contract that will be ratified one week before new right-to-work legislation takes effect. Read more »
Snyder asks Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of right-to-work law
Posted: Jan 29, 2013This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
mlive: Right-to-work proposals gaining steam across Great Lakes region
Posted: Jan 27, 2013The passage of contentious right-to-work legislation in Lansing last month surprised many observers who doubted the law could gain traction in Michigan, a traditional union stronghold, and set off furious protests at the state Capitol. ... Read more »
Outgunned in Legislature, Michigan unions fight back
Posted: Mar 11, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Michigan union proposal fights 'right-to-work'
Posted: Mar 06, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
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