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Jobless workers will be able to collect unemployment benefits for a little more than six months under bills signed Monday by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer moved quickly to sign bills sent to her this week to repeal Michigan’s right to work law and to require the state contractors to pay union-level wages. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Legislature has sent Governor Gretchen Whitmer pro-union bills that include repealing Michigan’s decade-old right-to-work law.We have more from Rick Pluta.

The nurses at the University of Michigan continue to negotiate with university leadership with a strike possibility remaining on the table. WEMU’s Josh Hakala has more.

WEMU's David Fair marks Labor Day with a conversation with the president of the Huron Valley Labor Federation of the AFL-CIO. Ian Robinson offers his insights on what Labor Day really means, the current status of unions, and what the future holds as we continue to deal with wage disparities, inequities, and an ongoing technological evolution that will continue to replace human jobs.

Women in leadership positions in unions and the labor movement are still the exception rather than the rule. On WEMU's final Women's History Month edition of "Washtenaw United," David Fair will introduce you to a local woman who is among the exceptions. Gloria Llamas worked her way up to become President of the Communication Workers of America union before her retirement. Today, she remains active in egalitarian efforts to achieve equity among women and workers here in Washtenaw County.

A bipartisan coalition is getting behind a petition campaign to overhaul the state’s term limits amendment. The effort will begin collecting signatures in the spring to put a question on the 2022 ballot. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents will vote Tuesday on privatizing dining services with food vendor Chartwells. the move is part of the…

DETROIT - A judge has rejected a challenge to a key portion of a Michigan law that allows workers to have a job without giving financial support to a…