What We’re Doing In Michigan Select typeArticleEventMedia HitMultimediaReportResolutionSpeechStatement Apply May 17, 2019 Blog It's Time to Fix Our Roads and Infrastructure with Funding from Congress Bent rims. Broken springs. Bridges and roads unfit for drivers. Search #FTDR (short for “Fix the Damn Roads”) on social media, and you’ll find countless stories from Michiganders who are paying the price of crumbling, pot-holed roads and highways. October 23, 2017 Blog Flint Water Crisis: You Don’t Mess Around with Kids Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha addressed the delegates at the AFL-CIO Convention today on the Flint water crisis. Here are some excerpts of her remarks: February 19, 2016 Blog Flint and the End of Civilization Flint, Michigan, once was the reality and the symbol of America’s industrial civilization. Now it is a grim warning of how our civilization can end—not destroyed by aliens or even... July 19, 2013 Blog AFSCME and Michigan Working Families Respond to Detroit Bankruptcy Filing Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) authorized a bankruptcy filing yesterday for the city of Detroit based on recommendations from financial manager Kevyn Orr, making it the largest city in the... May 10, 2013 Blog Detroit Fast Food Workers' Strike Shuts Down Locations Fast food workers at more than 60 restaurants in Detroit walked off the job Friday. This may be the largest fast food strike in American history, involving more than 400...