Unions

Flint's Emergency Manager Michael Brown announced today that labor agreements have been affirmed by a vote of the membership of the Flint Police Captains and Lieutenants Union, the Flint Police Sergeants Union, and the Flint Firefighters Union...

Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation today clarifying that graduate student research assistants are not public employees as recognized by the state Public Employee Relations Act. The act, also known as PERA, defines a public employee as someone who holds a position by employment or appointment in state government, in the government of a political subdivision in the state, in a public school or

On today's Brenda Brisette-Mata Show, Paul Kersey, Labor Policy Director from the Macinac Center For Public Policy, joined us for the first half-hour to talk about the issues with unionized government in the state of Michigan.

With Brenda off today, we were joined by two guests from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Patrick Wright and Russ Harding. See what we talked about on the show below: