Articles tagged: unions
Dexter school bus drivers and monitors create new union
Posted: May 02, 2013Dexter school bus drivers and monitors have formed a new union. 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 »
Union members vote down negotiated contract at Saline auto parts plant
Posted: Feb 21, 2013A combination of former Automotive Components Holdings employees and probationary workers at the Faurecia automotive parts plant in Saline voted down a union-negotiated contract with Devon Alpha Services II on Monday. Union officials expressed frustration ... Read more »
Charges filed with National Labor Relations Board allege improper union activity at Saline plant
Posted: Feb 18, 2013Tensions continue to mount at the Faurecia automotive plant in Saline as workers from the plant have submitted formal charges to the National Labor Relations Board against both the United Auto Workers union and former plant operator Automotive Components Holding (ACH). Read more »
Local higher education unions gross $6.9M a year but brace for lower revenues after right-to-work passage
Posted: Jan 06, 2013Unionized employees working at Washtenaw County's three public higher education institutions pay at least $6.9 million a year in union dues, according to payroll figures. Read more »
A Black Friday strike? It could happen, and it's legal
Posted: Nov 21, 2012As retail stores continue to move Black Friday hours earlier, there have been some rumblings of dissatisfaction from employees at the country's major chains over the increased hours. Petitions have even asked retailers to change their minds about opening on Thanksgiving. Read more »
Workers at former ACH plant in Saline facing tough choices, union frustrations
Posted: Nov 15, 2012Danny Kelly is not sure whether he will have a job on Friday at 6 p.m. Kelly is a single parent who took a job in 2007 at the former Ford Motor Company and Visteon ... Read more »
Top 5: Labor Day observations on the state of labor movement Washtenaw County
Posted: Sep 03, 2012Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.comLabor Day, in many circles, seems to have devolved over the years from a day celebrating workers' rights to a holiday generally associated with barbeques and wearing white for the last ... Read more »
OPINION: Fears about University of Michigan graduate students unionizing lack credibility
Posted: Jul 17, 2011The University of Michigan Board of Regents’ May 19 decision to allow graduate student research assistants the right to decide whether to form a union was met with derision in this space in a June ... Read more »
Ann Arbor schools' administrators contract calls for wage freeze during 3-year contract
Posted: May 31, 2011The Ann Arbor Administrators Association will have a wage freeze for the duration of the three-year contract approved by the Ann Arbor school board last week. Interim Superintendent Robert Allen said the new contract includes ... Read more »
Updated: University of Michigan Board of Regents votes to allow research assistants to unionize in rare split vote
Posted: May 19, 2011This story has been updated with the resolution approved by regents Thursday. The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted to allow research assistants to unionize over the objections of President Mary Sue Coleman at ... Read more »
Opinion: 'Union mentality' column an exercise in prejudice, not legitimate commentary
Posted: Apr 03, 2011Thomas WiederOn March 27, AnnArbor.com published a guest column (in print and online) by local resident Will Warner titled “The union mentality: We can do without it.” It was a harsh attack on unions, and ... Read more »
Opinion: Management should share a lot of the blame being heaped on labor unions
Posted: Apr 03, 2011Editor’s note: The following guest opinion piece was written in response to a guest column published on Sunday, March 27, by Lodi Township resident Will Warner, titled: “We can do well without the union mentality.” ... Read more »
Our Values: Big questions after Wisconsin's 'nuclear option'
Posted: Mar 11, 2011Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing the controversial anti-union frenzy spreading across the country. It’s a ... Read more »
Our Values: Is Wisconsin's budget crisis real?
Posted: Mar 10, 2011Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing the controversial anti-union frenzy spreading across the country. What is ... Read more »
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