Union membership

Michigan Has The 12th Highest Union Participation Rate In The U.S.

Michigan Has The 12th Highest Union Participation Rate In The U.S.

DETROIT - The U.S. economy today in some ways offers the most favorable conditions workers have had in years. The unemployment rate is as low as it has been in two decades, having bounced back from a COVID-induced spike in 2020. Simultaneously, the wave of quits and job switches now known as the Great Resignation

By Staff Writer|2022-07-24T18:41:40-04:00July 24th, 2022|ESD|

Michigan Union Membership Rises Despite Right-To-Work Changes

Michigan Union Membership Rises Despite Right-To-Work Changes

LANSING - Union membership in Michigan rebounded significantly in 2015 after suffering a sharp decline in 2014, the first full year of Michigan being a right-to-work state. This despite the fact that the state went from 14.5 percent of all employees belonging to a union to 15.2 percent even as more contracts ratified prior to

By Gongwer|2016-01-29T09:58:18-05:00January 29th, 2016|Politics|