Service Employees International Union

• Guard firm breached Connecticut contract

  By Susan Haigh  |  May 22, 2012

  The state of Connecticut has required a private security company hired to protect several office buildings to provide some guards back pay after a review showed the firm breached its contract with the state by underpaying the workers.

• Detroit unions weigh strike option as layoffs loom

  By Corey Williams  |  May 2, 2012

  Unions angry that Detroit is trying to mend its financially-battered books by laying off hundreds of workers and imposing steep contract concessions on those who remain are considering an illegal strike.

• Connecticut private guards authorize possible strike

  By Susan Haigh  |  April 5, 2012

  State office building guards voted to strike, saying their employer has failed to make pension contributions required by contract.

• Detroit prepares for possible consent agreement

  By Corey Williams, Tim Martin  |  April 4, 2012

  The city of Detroit could move to avoid a state-appointed emergency manager and craft a deal with the state to guide its troubled finances as early as Wednesday.

• Unions ready to spend big this election

  By Sam Hananel  |  February 22, 2012

  Unions are gearing up to spend more than $400 million to help re-elect President Barack Obama and lift Democrats this election year in a fight for labor's survival.

• Republicans aim to quash new union rules

  By Sam Hananel  |  November 30, 2011

  Republicans are maneuvering to short-circuit an effort by Democrats on the National Labor Relations Board to approve rules that would quicken the pace of union elections.

• Service employees union to boost efforts for Obama

  By Sam Hananel  |  November 16, 2011

  The Service Employees International Union endorsed President Barack Obama's re-election bid on Wednesday, saying it would deploy its formidable political machine earlier and on a wider scale than it did four years ago.

• Liberals try to build American Dream movement

  By Ken Thomas  |  October 4, 2011

  Liberal groups are trying to build a grassroots movement that will help revive the economy and protect Medicare and Social Security, but whether they will be successful — and use it to help re-elect President Barack Obama — is unclear.

• NLRB orders rerun of union vote for Kaiser workers

  By Sam Hananel  |  August 11, 2011

  One of the largest private sector union elections in U.S. history is headed for a do-over.

• Michigan state worker unions to bargain together

  By Tim Martin  |  August 10, 2011

  Officials from labor unions representing most of Michigan's state employees said Tuesday they plan to bargain together as contract talks escalate.