labor contracts

Nurses and health care professionals have reached a tentative agreement with University of Michigan-Health-Sparrow, narrowly averting a strike next week. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

Recent negotiations over health care coverage for workers represented by the Michigan Nurses Association and Michigan Medicine have failed. Now, the nurses’ union is prepared to go on strike. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

Ann Arbor and its Firefighters Union have finalized a new collective bargaining agreement. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the details.

The Ypsilanti Fire Department reached a new union deal with the city that, among other things, protects pregnant firefighters from having hours reduced. Ana Longoria has more.

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved a new collective bargaining agreement with its AFSCME unions this week, but not without some late drama. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The union voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike as bargaining continues. WEMU's Taylor Bowie has more.

Earlier this week, the University of Michigan lecturers’ union announced it was circulating a strike pledge petition among its members. Today, lecturers and allies will be holding a rally and march seeking a new deal ahead of the end of the school year. We hear more from WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert.

Representatives from 12 UM organizations discuss contract priorities. WEMU's Taylor Bowie has more.

The United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit Three ended with the union claiming significant gains over past contracts. Among those that supported the union through the strike was the Ann Arbor-based Ecology Center. In addition to gains for workers, it says the contracts are important for our future environmental health. WEMU's David Fair took a look ahead and practical impacts of the deals with the Ecology Center’s Climate and Energy Program Director, Charles Griffith.

The University of Michigan's Lecturers’ union is hosting a bargaining kickoff rally this morning on U-M’s campus. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more.