“Hey, hey, ho, ho, corporate greed has got to go,” chanted over 200 McLaren Flint nurses, family members, and other union members showing their support during a solidarity march on June 14, 2024.

After management blocked their reasonable proposals at the bargaining table, McLaren Flint nurses wanted to ensure the community heard their voices and knew their concerns. Topics such as safe staffing ratios, avoiding nurse burn-out, and ensuring nurse retention have united the nurses in solidarity to share their message.

Working a non-union job quickly taught Johnathan Young the importance of union representation. One day at his non-union job, within fifteen minutes he had a $3 per hour pay cut without a single conversation, just a mandate from the employer. After this incident, he became anxious to find more secure employment and found a position with the City of Battle Creek as Airport Operation.

When he started with the city, it was before Right to Work and the Janus Decision,so he was a union member on his first day of employment.

The last few years have seen a rise in worker momentum, with unionized workers raising their voices to demand higher pay, safer working conditions and more.