Strike

Workers at MGM Grand Detroit, Hollywood Casino at Greektown and MotorCity Casino began the strike Oct. 17 over issues including health care and improve wages that had not kept up with the cost of living

Striking workers at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan have reached a tentative agreement for a new employee contract. Workers are expected to vote on the contract next week.

The company now expects to earn $10 billion to $10.5 billion before taxes in 2023. That's down from $11 billion to $12 billion that it projected last summer.

A Michigan lawmaker says he’s planning to join activists and other state lawmakers from across the country in Washington DC this week for a hunger strike.

The company now predicts full-year net income of $9.1 billion to $9.7 billion, down from its previous outlook of $9.3 billion to $10.7 billion.

Ford workers voted 69.3% in favor of the pact, which passed with nearly a 15,000-vote margin in balloting that ended early Saturday.Workers at Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles, voted 68.8% in favor of the deal.

If the five-year deal is ratified, workers will receive wage increases, improved retirement benefits, and a reduction in workload.

A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with all local union offices reporting, the contract passed by just over 3,400 votes, with 54.7% in favor

The union on Wednesday hadn't posted final vote totals yet, but workers at several large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four year and eight month deal by fairly large margins.

Supply Management Research Survey indicates workforce supply catching up with demand.