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Mich. labor gets ready to rumble over GOP’s right-to-work plans

January 13, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy

"Any right-to-work effort in Michigan is going to be met with the fiercest opposition organized labor has ever brought against a single issue," said a building trades leader.

All eyes on 2012 elections at AFL-CIO King holiday observance

January 13, 2012 By John Rummel

"It's a new day, a new labor movement," and "victory can come to the 99 percent if we stand united," said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker.

Fraught with racism, unchecked power, Michigan officials question emergency mgrs.

December 22, 2011 By John Rummel

The signers said they had a particular concern the law may be "disproportionately applied to disenfranchise persons of color."

Labor Board: Locked out workers covered by labor law

December 9, 2011 By Special to People’s World

In an unusual situation, the NLRB ruled, in a case involving a Bronson, Mich., auto parts maker, that locked-out workers are still "employees" of the company and covered by labor law.

Emergency managers destroy democracy

December 7, 2011 By John Rummel

What is now sending shockwaves through the state is that the governor is the review of Detroit's finances.