Detroit Free Press Opinion How Stevie Wonder, John Conyers and the UAW made MLK Day a holiday | Opinion Jamon Jordan Mon, January 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM PST 10 min read ...

In its nearly 80-year history, Zimmick’s UAW Local 174 has been tested by bitter strikes, foreign competition and tenacious opponents. Now comes a new reason for anxiety.

Four days after his assassination, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, introduced a bill in the Congress to recognize King’s birthday as a national holiday. Conyers, a former labor attorney, had ...

In 1956, in the middle of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, UAW Local 600, known for its militance, brought Rosa Parks to Detroit to give a talk on the Montgomery Bus Boycott — against the wishes of ...

From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto ...

John Conyers, U.S. Representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district.© Pauline Lubens, Detroit Free Press Coretta Scott King addressed the Detroit Economic Club in 1980.© Detroit ...