NEGAUNEE, Mich. — On Thursday, United Steelworkers held a rally at Miner's Park in Negaunee as a show of support amid ongoing contract negotiations with Cleveland Cliffs. "We've been in bargaining with Cleveland Cliffs since ... the beginning of August," said USW District 1 Staff ...
LANSING – Concern over the implications of how people’s online activity impacts what they pay for products and services is prompting lawmakers to consider limiting businesses’ ability to use consumers’ personal data to determine their prices. The proposed law addresses surveillance pricing – the practice of companies leveraging such data, including the history of customers’ online browsing and their location and shopping patterns – to set prices for individual customers. The practice raises questions about consumer privacy and economic fairness, said Kyle Zawacki, the ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Heather Nelson recently quit her job to devote herself to her real passion: her bakery business, U.P. Sweets LLC. "I took a gamble, leaving my full-time job to make this my full-time job," Nelson said. She previously worked at Bellin Health and was a certified nursing ...
IRON MOUNTAIN -- The Upper Peninsula's not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in September as data from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed 1,000 fewer workers unemployed than in August. "Michigan labor markets showed expected unemployment rate declines during September," said Wayne Rourke, labor market information director for the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics. "Regional payroll job gains reflected seasonal hiring as schools resumed for the fall semester." The U.P.'s September jobless rate was down 0.7 percentage points from ...
HARRIS — It was a tough ending to the regular volleyball season for the Bark River-Harris Broncos here Thursday as they fell to the second-ranked Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-14). The victory enabled the Trojans to secure their fifth consecutive Skyline Central Conference title, running their league winning streak to 43 matches. “I think we have a lot of depth,” Trojans’ coach Bobbie Jo Anderson said. “We have strong hitters across the board. We have a lot of momentum going into the (Division 4) district. We played a lot of good teams. We did ...
MARQUETTE — A collaborative wildlife research project in the Upper Peninsula has documented an exceptionally strong first-year survival rate among regional moose calves, significantly outpacing studied populations in neighboring states and Canadian provinces. Recent reports from the ongoing ...
