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Right-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task
Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members ...
Mich. becomes right-to-work state despite protests
In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work ...
Mich. House approves right-to-work limiting unions
The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds ...
Solid evidence elusive in right-to-work debate
Gov. Rick Snyder says one reason he supports right-to-work legislation in Michigan is the economic boost a similar law has given Indiana, although ...
Unions vow political payback for right-to-work law
With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as ...
Unions prepare for protest at Michigan Capitol
More than 200 activists attended training Saturday in preparation for a protest at the Michigan Capitol, where lawmakers are putting the final touches ...
Mich. legislators defy unions, OK right-to-work
In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible ...
Authorities: Suspect arrested in Mich. shootings
Police who arrested a suspect in a Michigan shooting spree that targeted moving cars and resulted in at least once injury were led to the man's home ...
Mich. police have many obstacles in shooting spree
Clues appear to be few: slugs and bullet fragments embedded in cars, metal casings on roadways, a simple black and white sketch of the shooter and ...
Michigan 'hillbilly' claims $337M Powerball prize
Donald Lawson decided to have a little bit of fun with his mother two weeks ago. "I called her and said, 'I got a surprise for you. I won $200,000 in ...
Police: Mich. student attack not likely hate crime
A Michigan State University student said he was attacked at an off-campus party by two men who asked if he was Jewish, and when he said he was, ...
Silenced Mich. lawmaker does 'Vagina Monologues'
A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over ...