Free tax assistance available to people who make less than $57,000

  The federal income tax deadline is coming up April 18. A handful of organizations are available in Michigan to...

The U.S. Postal Service and how it can be reimagined

President Biden has signed a law intended to give the United States Postal Service better financial footing, in order to...

Peters’ USPS reforms signed into law

A roughly 15-year effort to reform the United State Postal Service is now law. President Joe Biden signed the legislation...

Experts compare Amazon’s first union to 1937 Flint GM strike

Last week, Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island in New York came away with one of the biggest organized labor...

New book explores the future of collective bargaining  

  There’s a resurgence of interest in workers unions happening across the U.S. in the wake of the pandemic. Employees...

Could gas tax suspension ease pump prices?

Gas prices have been rising for some time, and are now skyrocketing as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine...

Fisher Body plant project among new Black-led developments in Detroit

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan listed many new investments by African American business people during his State of the City speech...

Younger workers driving push to create unions in service industry 

  Baristas at Great Lakes Coffee, one of the city’s most popular coffee shops, are on strike. But it’s hardly...

The movement to organize unions at Michigan Starbucks’ locations

Overall union membership has been declining for decades and was at its lowest point last year. However there is a...

Baristas on strike at Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co. “making unique labor history” 

Workers at Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co. walked the picket line Wednesday demanding the owners of the Midtown Detroit café...

Independent Restaurant Coalition calls for Congress to refill the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

The unpredictability of  the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the restaurant industry into unstable territory with challenges coming from labor shortages...

Why Democrats are sheepish about taking credit for a good economy

From the linger effects of the pandemic to high inflation rates driving up prices, the U.S. isn't the easiest place...