By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“More Americans are turning to unions as a bulwark against the rising cost of living, and more public sector workers turned towards unions last year in the wake of some federal actions and federal headwinds.”
- Frank Manzo IV, an economist at the left-leaning Illinois Economic Policy Institute, on public support for labor unions growing among both Republicans and Democrats.
A construction worker listens as a labor leader speaks at a rally for a sustainable road funding solution in the coming fiscal year budget on Sept. 3, 2025. (Photo by Ben Solis/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
In a report released on Labor Day, Patrick Schaefer, an economic security policy analyst for the organization, analyzed recent trends in Michigan’s labor economy. The result is a series of recommendations on policies Michigan lawmakers could adopt to support its workforce.
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Members of Virginia Professional Firefighters association hold signs during their biannual convention in May to protest Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s veto of collective bargaining legislation. New research found a significant spike in labor union membership, but growth is highly dependent upon state politics. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)
By Kevin Hardy - Stateline
Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states.
Pro-labor activists at a climate protest before the 2019 Democratic debate in Detroit. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)
COMMENTARY
By Kasey Helton
For most of my early life, Labor Day was an appreciated holiday, but not the most remarkable one. On the scale of holidays — and I think I speak for most average Americans here — Labor Day ranked toward the bottom compared to the Big Three: Christmas, Halloween, and Thanksgiving.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Founded on the fur trade and lumber industry in the mid-nineteenth century, what Michigan municipality is known as The Shoreline City?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Monday's answer: Faygo, an iconic Detroit product was created, by Ben and Perry Feigenson, immigrant brothers who came to Detroit from Russia.
Source: https://www.detroithistorical.org/
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