DETROIT, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In an attempt to take the path of least resistance to cut costs, Wayne County has attempted to reduce the healthcare benefits for its retirees which would have been effective on October 1, 2008.

By Brandon Stahl, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Dec. 14--After 18 long months that included controversy, protests, negative campaign ads and threats of a strike, the city and its largest union finally ratified a contract Thursday night.

By ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU Striking drug counselors and technicians at Sheridan Correctional Center, who have been off the job for almost three months, soon will return to work. Their employer, Chicago-based Gateway Foundation Inc., will be out of the picture by the end of the year.

Sep. 20--Two unions representing Inland area home-care workers ended a brief feud Monday, creating a joint union in some of the counties in which they had fought, and promising a ceasefire for two years.