The union hall for UAW Local 400 in Sterling Heights, Mich. was packed with supporters to watch the Obama campaign's 17-minute re-election movie, The Road We've Traveled, which debuted Thursday night at more than 300 campaign-organized watch parties across Michigan and the country. Complete with popcorn and...

A vote by the Michigan Senate to ban payroll deductions of union dues on Wednesday sparked accusations by labor groups that the Republican-controlled senate is retaliating against teachers.

The vote on House Bill 4929 came one day after a group of teachers, nurses, construction workers and others,...

It was bad timing for Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum, who this week misquoted President Obama's stance on Iran just as the administration announced how it plans to enforce its sanctions against that country.

The announcement included how the U.S. would determine if another country has "significantly reduced" oil purchases...

Time is running out in Washington as unemployment benefits are set to expire for nearly 80,000 Michigan workers on March 6. Members of We Are the People held rallies at eight congressional offices across Michigan Friday, Feb. 10, to urge elected leaders to pass an extension for jobless benefits.
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Warren, MI- President Obama supporters had reason to celebrate on Nov. 6 as volunteers opened two offices in Michigan. The Macomb County headquarters in Warren and the Washtenaw County headquarters in Ann Arbor both opened doors to the public last weekend.

As one Organizing for America volunteer said, "During...

By Connie Cuellar

PLYMOUTH, MICH. -- The quiet suburban Main Street here burst into a political “flash mob” Friday when more than 100 protestors marched down the sidewalk outside the office of presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter’s (R-Mich.).

The protestors chanted, “We want good jobs now!”

The grassroots organizations...