wages

UAW workers held a 10-day strike against Dauch to secure a new contract. The new contract included pay increases, and more employee benefits.

The United Auto Workers had warned of a strike if the company did not revise its contract offer.

In the Michigan Senate, a salary history ban is awaiting a floor vote. A similar bill in the state House of Representatives has been stalled in committee for around a year.

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield says up to 900 city employees may need raises to bring their wages up to what she calls a livable standard.

Some of Michigan’s early education providers are getting additional funding thanks to an expanding Early Childhood Educator Wage Initiative pilot program.

The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly.

Michigan’s standard minimum wage will increase by more than a dollar, $12.48 to $13.73 an hour. Smaller increases also go into effect for tipped workers and workers aged 16 and 17 years old.

Eighteen farmworkers, including some from Michigan, are suing the federal government because of a new rule that’s impacting their wages. The U.S. Department of Labor is lowering the minimum wage for foreign workers with temporary agricultural visas by up to $7 an hour.

On Election Day, we learn about the history of Michigan’s original constitution. Then, some features from Interlochen Public Radio about a whitefish hotspot and H-2A worker wages. And two women share their journeys of infant loss and love.

Wayne County juvenile attorneys haven’t received a pay raise in over 30 years, leading to a shortage of lawyers willing to take these critical cases.