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MLP Educational Conference

2019 Spring Conference
JUNE 6 - 9, 2019

Registration is now open for this exciting educational conference. This year’s conference will be held at Walter and May Reuther UAW Family Education Center. The conference call letter will be mailed out in February with the full details of the conference class schedules and registration form.

2019 Publication Contest Winners

Best Editorial Article:

First Place – UAW Area 5 Retirees – William Falk

 

Best News Article:

Second Place – UAW Area 5 Retirees – Paul Krugman

First Place – USW District 9 – Van Tenpenny

 

Best Feature Article:

Second Place – UAW Area 5 Retirees – The Editorial Board

First Place – USW District 9 – Van Tenpenny

 

General Excellence:

First Place – UAW Area 5 Retirees – Area 5 Retiree News – Len Ballosh

 

Donald Delana Photographic Collage:

First Place – USW District 9 – Van Tenpenny

 

Past Labor Press Award Recipients

MICHIGAN LABOR PRESS AWARD

The MLP Award is presented yearly to someone who has provided outstanding support of labor communications: or who has voiced the labor viewpoint or a significant labor truth.  The nominees can be from the general public, union movement.

Union Women Aren't So Pro-Trump in Rust Belt

“Women are more activist than men,” said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, “and understand that Clinton supports collective bargaining, raising the minimum wage and paid time off for illness and family care.” This year the AFL-CIO is targeting women as an individual voting group for the first time in a presidential race. Earlier this month 15,000 women, three times as many as expected, joined a conference call Shuler led to discuss strategies for convincing coworkers and relatives to vote for Clinton. 

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Mortgages for Union Families

Union Plus Mortgage Company is owned by the AFL-CIO Union Privilege and a group of unions.