Michigan State Utility Workers Council

07/15/2025

The Consumers Energy Foundation named the Michigan AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute (WDI) as one of its 2025 People Award winners.

07/15/2025

07/15/2025

On this day in labor history, the year was 1959. That was the day half a million steel workers walked off the job in a historic, 116-day strike to defend work rules. It was the largest industry-wide strike and also the last. The strike affected 12 steel companies and shut down more than 85% of steel...

07/14/2025

On this day in 1921 ⚖️
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti — Italian immigrants and labor activists — were convicted of murder and robbery in Massachusetts after a controversial trial lasting two months. Many historians believe the trial was deeply unfair, driven more by anti-immigrant sentiment than solid evidence.
Despite global protests and appeals, both men were executed in 1927.
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Fifty years later, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation declaring they had been treated unjustly, stating:
"Any disgrace should be forever removed from their names."

07/14/2025

On this day in labor history, the year was 1978. That was the day municipal workers in Cleveland, Louisville and Philadelphia walked off the job. That summer was rocked with public sector strikes, starting with a firefighters strike in Memphis. In Cleveland, municipal services came to a virtual halt...

07/13/2025

On this day in labor history, the year was 1995. That was the day 2500 pressmen, reporters, drivers and clerks went on strike against the Detroit News and the Free Press. Both newspapers had created a virtual monopoly in 1988 by merging their advertising and circulation departments into the Detroit....

07/13/2025

💥Hydrogen + Clean Energy + Reliability = Union Jobs 💥

In a powerful Sacramento Bee op-ed, UWUA Local 483 President Ernest Shaw makes the case for an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes clean hydrogen. As California pushes toward carbon neutrality, we must protect the California Hydrogen Hub — a game-changer for climate goals, union jobs, and energy reliability.

✊ Support middle-class jobs, safe infrastructure, and a cleaner future.

📖 Read the full op-ed: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article310167150.html

07/13/2025

07/12/2025

07/12/2025

On this day in labor history, the year was 1937. That was the day newspapers throughout the South announced the return of Ida Sledge to Tupelo, Mississippi. The ILGWU organizer had been leading unionization efforts at three area mills. Twice she was driven out. Prominent businessmen “invited” he...

07/12/2025

07/12/2025

Holtec has submitted a letter to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicating it has completed the necessary licensing activities to transition the Palisades nuclear power plant from decommissioning to operational status. Holtec is proposing the transition happens on 25 August.

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/holtec-ready-for-palisades-to-enter-operational-mode