Aug 11, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From The Detroit News: Detroit tenant rights groups are protesting the death in July of a 45-year-old man by a court bailiff who was evicting the man from his Detroit apartment. Sherman Lee Butler, 45, was shot and killed July 12 by a bailiff, who is an independent...
Jul 29, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From Fox 2 Detroit: ANN ARBOR, Mich. (FOX 2) – Michigan Medicine employees took to the picket line Monday morning for a rally as their union pushes for a new contract. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and United Michigan Medicine Allied...
Jul 26, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From Michigan Advance: Fourteen years after Enbridge’s Line 6B pipeline ruptured, spilling up to a million gallons of tar-sands crude oil into a Kalamazoo River tributary, environmental advocates continue to speak out against Enbridge’s pipelines, calling for a...
Jun 13, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From WDET Detroit Public Radio Father’s Day is this Sunday, and while there are many struggles to being a parent, men who have been incarcerated citizens may find it very tough to be a father. There are many challenges for incarcerated parents — and while serving...
May 3, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From AXIOS Detroit DETROIT – Prominent names in environmental justice have formed a group to push for statewide change addressing how pollutants affect residents cumulatively. The big picture: Joined by Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed, advocates...
Apr 23, 2024 | Engage Michigan
Partner Group: American Federation of Teachers Local 5671 From ABC 12 News FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Tenure-track faculty at the University of Michigan-Flint are officially unionized. The union, American Federation of Teachers Local 5671, announced they were...
