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SOM Michigan Workplace Rights Week encourages health and safety for workers, celebrates historical efforts that created workplace protections Michigan employers and employees are encouraged to renew their commitment to workplace rights and safety in honor of those who lost their lives at work April 27, 2021 To showcase the state's commitment to the labor movement and establish Michigan as a place for economic opportunity and prosperity for all, the Michigan Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) created a new online resource to celebrate, highlight and support the inaugural Workplace ...

Michigan Chamber Calls On State Department To Cancel Biased 'How To Organize Union' Seminars News provided by Share this article Share this article LANSING, Mich., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) and Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) offering webinars to instruct employees in the public and private sector on how to "form a union," the Michigan Chamber expressed opposition and questioned whether the department can be trusted. The Chamber calls for the immediate cancelation of the webinars. Last ...

Michigan agency under fire for 'How to Organize a Union' event Lansing — A Republican-led Senate panel will reconsider a Michigan department's budget recommendation after the department revealed it would hold training to instruct private and public sector employees on "how to organize a union." Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, said the unionization training is "beyond the scope and mission" of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, and Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, accused the state of putting a "thumb on the scale" for unions. The union organizing training...

"How to Organize a Union" was the state agency's original title. A state government workers' rights webinar this coming Monday provokes a backlash from Republican senators in Lansing. A deputy director of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity will present guidance for public sector workers on "how to organize a union." The online session's leader, Grand Rapids attorney Sean Egan, is described at the agency's site as an "activist for working people ... [who] maintains his membership in his union and state license as a journeyman" electrician. The half-hour instruction kicks off M...

Michigan Workplace Virus Rules, Office Restrictions Extended for 6 Months Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration has extended workplace coronavirus restrictions for an additional six months, including a requirement that Michigan employers prohibit office work if employees’ jobs can feasibly be done remotely. The emergency rules, which were issued in the fall, could be modified or withdrawn before they expire in mid-October. An advisory group of business, labor and health care leaders is assessing a phased return to offices and may make recommendations to the governor as soon as next week....