Leading Christian and Jewish clergy from Michigan spoke out against attacks on hard-working Michiganders and reaffirmed long-standing religious commitments to working people. At a press conference at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Detroit, the diverse clergy representing thousands of people in the faith community, opposed legislation introduced in the state legislature last week (SB 729) that would impose so-called “right to work” restrictions on Michigan’s teachers and school employees.
As Michigan seeks to recover from the Great Recession while addressing the additional problems generated by contraction in the auto industry, some advocates are promoting the idea that the state’s economy can be turned around through adoption of a “right-to-work” law.
Large sums of money have been devoted to backing so-called “right-to-work” [...]
Many of the jobs that have been created in Texas are on the lower end of the pay scale. Some 550,000 workers last year were paid at or below the federal minimum wage of $7.25, more than double the number making those wages in 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MUSKEGON COUNTY — Apparently, the right-to-work issue is so controversial to many on the Muskegon County Board of Commissioners that a piece of communication on the topic from another Michigan county won’t even be placed on file.
Muskegon County commissioners receive communications from other counties and state government, along with other organizations, covering a variety of issues that they typically “receive and place on file” with little discussion. That changed Tuesday when considering the official placement on file of a Grand Traverse County resolution dubbed Supporting Employee Freedom to Work Act.
In an extremely rare action, the Muskegon County board defeated the motion to place the resolution on file on a 6-5 vote. On most occasions, commissioners approve filing communications without much talk on a voice vote.
The Wayne County Board stands up for workers Communications Guru posted this on August 8th, 2011
The Wayne County Board of Commission took a stand for worker rights when it approved a resolution on July 21 opposing Michigan becoming a so-called “right to work” state.
Equal rights and equal pay for women doesn’t exist in Right To Work Sates. The Economic Policy Institute recently released a briefing paper on The Compensation penalty of “right-to-work” laws.
In this briefing paper I read about lower wages for union AND non-union workers, which we already knew. What I didn’t know was on [...]
In an article publish on September 5th 2010, the Grand Rapids Press tells it’s readers “Michigan could have 50,000 to 60,000 more people working in the auto industry today if it had become a right-to-work state in 1965.
This is very misleading. The actual Study conducted by Dr. Hari Singh, Seidman College of Business, [...]
Michigan Public Employees Are Under Compensated!!!!
A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, which is a non profit public policy think tank, shows public employees are underpaid as they are compared to the private sector.
Some elected officials are promoting public employee pay freezes and major benefits reductions as the antidote to the alleged overpayment problem and the key to reducing Michigan’s budget deficit.
