Workers

Business

$39M in Going PRO Talent Fund Grants Awarded to Train 30,000 Workers at Over 850 Michigan Businesses

Sherri Kolade - January 21, 2021

Funds help Michigan employers prepare the talent they need to compete and grow; workers gain skills needed for in-demand career paths Through just over $39...

Digital Daily

Detroit leaders and workers confront Lear Corp. CEO

rtmphayes - May 14, 2015

Workers Confront Lear Corp. CEO at Shareholder Meeting to Demand Good Jobs Workers from Lear plants across the country entered the company’s annual shareholders' meeting...

News Briefs

Fast Food Worker Strike Update

rtmphayes - July 31, 2013

A Lincoln Park Checkers was forced to close and a Southfield McDonald's was the site of a strike after workers at both...

Business

The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed

rtmphayes - June 27, 2013

It’s 4:18 a.m. and the strip mall is deserted. But tucked in back, next to a closed-down video store,...

Business

Michigan has highest unemployment rate for African Americans in nation

rtmcnedd - May 16, 2013

Michigan workers were hit hard by the Great Recession but the state’s African American workers continue to...

News Briefs

How black workers won their rights in their rights on the line and in their own union

rtmadminmc - March 1, 2013

During last December's right-to-work showdown in Michigan, a vocal African-American presence stood out among those opposing the ultimately successful Republican effort...

News Briefs