The union alleges that Airgas made unlawful threats, lockouts, discharge, and retaliation against workers for exercising their legal rights.

Northern Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters ditches the resume table for a skills course at the ballpark

Television and movie actors have reached a tentative four-year contract agreement with studios and streaming services.

Marie-Louise Eta was in little mood for celebrating after making her debut as the first female coach in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Union leaders representing thousands of New York City apartment house doorpersons, superintendents and other workers have reached a tentative contract agreement with building owners.

The president of the German soccer club where a pioneering female coach will take charge of her first top-division men’s game Saturday has ruled out giving her the job on a permanent basis.

Cavan Sullivan delivered an American scoring record with his first professional goals for the Philadelphia Union.

The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, emphasizing its zero tolerance for unconstitutional changes in government.

Award highlights Local 4’s partnership with Carhartt to spotlight skilled trades success

Europe’s top teams appear to have finally come to grips with the new-look Champions League.

Kylian Mbappé converted two penalties and 10-man Real Madrid came back to beat visiting Marseille 2-1 on the opening night of the Champions League.

Prosecutors in Maine say they will seek to try a 17-year-old charged with murder in the death of a paddleboarder as an adult.

Authorities in Maine have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the death of a paddleboarder on a rural pond.

Police in Maine say they have arrested a 17-year-old state resident in connection with the killing of a paddleboarder who went missing on a rural pond.

British lawmakers have voted to decriminalize abortion after a lawmaker argued it was cruel to prosecute women for ending a pregnancy.

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War.

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants at the country’s borders, with the help of a far-right party.

For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities Washington.

The battle between the United Auto Workers and Stellantis continues as Union President Shawn Fain said the union is planning a strike authorization vote.

The union that represents most behind-the-scenes film and television crews has reached a tentative deal with studios for about 50,000 of its members, making another production-stopping strike unlikely after a year of labor turmoil in Hollywood.

The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets are enjoying London so much they might not want to go home.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is under the spotlight again after a manager failed to consult a collections committee before purchasing a 21-star flag, supposedly from 1818 when Illinois became the 21st state to join the Union.

A Michigan man said he “saw a lot of zeros” when he checked his lottery ticket, and he has big plans for the money.

A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history.

A top officer of an Italian cargo ship that caught fire last summer in one of America’s busiest seaports broke down in sobs recalling his crew’s initial efforts to put out the blaze.

A Michigan State University academic building that was the site of the 2023 mass shooting reopened Monday almost one year later.

A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands’ permissive pot policy has gone up in smoke in two Dutch cities as “coffeeshops” began selling the country’s first legally cultivated cannabis.

Panama’s Supreme Court unanimously declared that legislation granting a Canadian copper mine a 20-year concession was unconstitutional.

Union Pacific's third-quarter profit fell 19% as the railroad hauled about 3% fewer shipments and costs remained high, but the average speed of its trains improved 5% as new CEO Jim Vena began to tweak the operations.

France’s main Jewish students union has plastered walls around Paris with posters bearing the faces of French citizens believed to be held hostage by Hamas in their war with Israel.

The UAW union expanded its 14-day strike against two of the Detroit Big Three automakers. The union is now asking for an additional 7,000 members at Ford's assembly plant in Chicago and a General Motors factory in Lansing.

The agreement was approved by the Ypsilanti university’s Board of Regents on Monday and will last through June 30, 2026, officials said.

According to a U-M release, approximately 91% of total grades were submitted as of 5 p.m. on Monday.

Leaders of the GEO union are instructing members to submit grades recorded prior to the March 29 strike.

Graduate student workers can continue to strike, a Washtenaw County judge ruled this week.

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Eight members of Ann Arbor City Council penned a letter in support of striking graduate students at the University of Michigan.

The Michigan State University student Union, one of two buildings involved in February’s deadly on-campus shootings, is partially reopening Monday after being closed for weeks.

Members of U-M's Graduate Employees Organization went on strike on Wednesday to demand better pay and healthcare.

Dozens of journalists and rights activists have protested outside parliament in Bosnia’s Serb-run part as lawmakers debated whether to advance a contested law which critics say would restrict freedom of expression and silence critical media.

Union Pacific’s latest attempt to move toward cutting its train crews down to one person remains on hold.

California poultry producer Foster Farms said Friday its grain inventories have been restored after the federal government ordered Union Pacific Railroad to step up its shipments.

Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific railroad to make sure a livestock producer gets the grain it needs in California to prevent millions of chickens and hundreds of thousands of cattle from starving.

Applications are currently being accepted for two Fleet Mechanic - Vehicle & Equipment Tech openings with the city.

Employees are demonstrating outside three Starbucks locations in Ann Arbor on Thursday.

British government debt rose to the highest level in almost 60 years last month and retail sales slumped.

Nurses at U-M have ratified a new four-year contract with the university.

On Monday afternoon, Starbucks workers at the 5655 E. Pickard location found out they had won their union election.

Classes are resuming Monday morning for Eastern Michigan University students after a tentative deal has been reached between the university and faculty that had been on strike.

From her ambulance service during World War II to being immortalized by a Beatles song, Queen Elizabeth II has been the only monarch that most people in Britain have ever known.

The faculty at Eastern Michigan University is headed to a strike. It was an overwhelming vote, with 91% in favor of authorizing a strike. It comes as contract talks with the university have stalled.

The Eastern Michigan University faculty has voted to authorize a strike due to a labor dispute during a union meeting Tuesday night.

On Tuesday night, Eastern Michigan University union members will meet to decide if they will continue to strike the university.

The university administration’s salary proposal to the Eastern Michigan University faculty union was rejected on Monday.

Workers at a Starbucks in Mount Pleasant have announced their intent to file for a union election.

Inflation in the United Kingdom has accelerated to a new 40-year high, driven by rising food and fuel prices that are contributing to a cost-of-living crisis.

Britain’s economy showed unexpectedly strong growth in May, with the three major components of production— manufacturing, construction and services — all posting gains.

German lawmakers have approved a $107-billion special fund to strengthen the country’s military.

A major fertilizer company says the limits Union Pacific is putting on rail traffic to clear up congestion will delay shipments that farmers rely on during the spring planting season.

Starbucks employees in Ann Arbor are the latest to join a national effort to unionize.

The new leader of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party has been elected as head of the main opposition bloc’s parliamentary group.

Bed Bath & Beyond’s fiscal third-quarter loss widened, with the home goods retailer saying supply chain issues are continuing to squeeze its business.

After going missing 46 years ago from Bloomfield Township, the search for Teamsters Union boss Jimmy Hoffa has been reinvigorated with a new lead.

Pandemic-weary workers at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts are holding a one-day strike over stalled contract negotiations with management.

Union Pacific and its labor unions are suing each other to determine whether the railroad has the authority to require its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Germany’s environmentalist Greens say they want to hold negotiations on a new governing coalition under the leadership of outgoing Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats which narrowly won the country’s election.

Protesters have already gathered ahead of President Joe Biden's visit to Howell.

President Joe Biden will appear with Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin Slotkin on Tuesday when he visits a union training center in Howell, Michigan

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc has sought to win over the environmentalist Greens for a possible new governing coalition in Germany.

Angela Merkel will leave office in the coming months with her popularity intact, despite her party’s dismal election result.

The two parties that are expected to determine who will become Germany’s next chancellor have started talks to bridge their differences and declared that they got off to a good start.

Pressure is growing for a quick start to talks on Germany’s next government as newly elected lawmakers hold their first meetings and tensions simmer in outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc, which declined to its worst-ever result in the country's election.

The party that narrowly beat outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc is pushing for a quick agreement on a coalition government, but Europe’s biggest economy could still be in for weeks of uncertainty after an election that failed to set a clear direction.

The center-left Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany’s national election, beating outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc in a closely fought race.

The center-left Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany's national election.

Germany’s closely fought election on Sunday will set the direction of the European Union’s most populous country after 16 years under Angela Merkel.

Germany's election campaign has largely focused on the three candidates hoping to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor after four terms in office.

If you’re a teacher in many districts your sick time is judged by whether or not you are vaccinated, what the big teacher’s union has to say about that and it might not be what you think.

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On Saturday, the veterans received a tribute that was decades in the making.

A deal was made Saturday to end the faculty strike at Oakland University.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s struggling would-be heir has hit back at suggestions that a center-left rival is better qualified for the job after a televised debate failed to give him a clear breakthrough.

The new president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) provided updates on the union’s COVID situation Thursday (Aug. 26) night.

A local school district has an extra $35,000 to spend on students after a teacher walked away with the grand prize.

Today marks 45 years since former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa was reported missing from an Oakland County restaurant.

With college tuition rising, many are looking for alternatives. A Metro Detroit organization is helping people get on a career path.

Former United Auto Workers (UAW) regional director Vance Pearson has been sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Nurses at the McLaren Macomb general hospital have voted in favor of a strike one month before their union contract expires, officials announced Tuesday.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union announced it will stop requiring fully vaccinated workers to wear masks at General Motors (GM), Ford and Stellantis worksites beginning July 12.

Ray Curry is taking over leadership of the United Auto Workers perhaps the most critical juncture in the union’s history.

Ray Curry is taking over leadership of the United Auto Workers perhaps the most critical juncture in the union’s history.

President Joe Biden will sign legislation into law on Thursday that officially makes Juneteenth a federal holiday -- the first new national holiday since 1983.

It’s an occasion that’s recognized in most states and the District of Columbia, but it’s not as of yet a federal holiday.

Physician assistants at the University of Michigan represented by the United Physician Assistants of Michigan Medicine have approved a three-year contract with the health system.

UPAMM has reached a tentative deal with Michigan Medicine after months of talks.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union leaders have decided to continue to require workers to wear masks at General Motors (GM), Ford and Stellantis worksites for now, the union announced Wednesday.

Locked out stagehands of the Metropolitan Opera protested the company amid a crowd of about 1,000 that rallied outside Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, criticizing the company for constructing sets for three of next season’s new productions at nonunion shops.

U.S. restaurants and stores are rapidly raising pay in an urgent effort to attract more applicants and keep up with a flood of customers as the pandemic eases.

"Management is working with us now," said UPAMM President Jill Hasen.

The governor of Germany’s most populous state has won a bruising power struggle to become the candidate of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc in the September election that will pick Merkel's successor.