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Detroit activists demand to meet with millionaire DTE Energy CEO

Metro Detroit-area citizens rallied today with the community group Good Jobs Now Detroit to demand a meeting with DTE Chair and CEO Gerard Anderson. The southeast Michigan utility CEO runs a company that has posted almost $1 billion in profits, but had a income tax rate of negative 3% in 2010. Activists also protested the company's high salaries for its top executives and the company's continued shutoffs of light and heat of low-income Detroit residents.

Pro-Worker Leaders in Michigan Propose Constitutional Amendment to Protect Rights

At a rally yesterday at the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, Democratic leaders Senator Gretchen Whitmer and Representative Richard Hammel announced that they will be submitting a bill to amend the Michigan constitution to guarantee collective bargaining rights.

Saturday Solidarity Rallies Across the Country

The unity of the labor movement was in evidence everywhere on Saturday, when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of every single capital in America to stand with Wisconsin and demand an end to the attacks on workers. The nationwide show of solidarity on Saturday was sponsored by MoveOn.org, SEIU and dozens of other organizations. More photos of SEIU members participating in Saturday's rallies across the country on SEIU's Blog.