Daniel Loepp News Today

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s long-time lead executive in West Michigan plans to retire at the end of 2024.

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies.

The UAW announced that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan workers ratified a sellout contract after they were left isolated by the union on the picket line for three months.

UAW members voted in favor of the new contract that runs until May 2027, according to a news release from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

After striking Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan workers have been kept in the dark for three months, the United Auto Workers bureaucracy is seeking to push through a proposed four-year agreement at ratification meetings on Tuesday.

The deal on the table would improve pay, benefits, and job security for UAW-represented employees at BCBSM and Blue Care Network of Michigan.

The tentative agreement followed multiple phone calls between Blue Cross CEO Daniel Loepp and UAW President Shawn Fain, the Blues said late Tuesday.

BCBSM leaders have reached a tentative "verbal agreement" with the United Auto Workers union on Tuesday.

Picketing almost in anonymity, Blue Cross workers offer advice to casino strikers directly across Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit.

DETROIT - “Don’t get sick tonight, Blue Cross is on strike,” cheered Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan workers represented by UAW on a rainy Wednesday evening. They head into their fourth week of negotiations after over 1,000 workers walked off the job Sept.