by: JC Reindl | Detroit Free Press

Members of several unions at the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News and Detroit Media Partnership ratified new three-year contracts on Sunday that provide annual across-the-board 1% wage increases and different health insurance coverage with lower premiums.

The contracts, which apply to workers at the Detroit newsrooms and Sterling Heights printing plant, were approved overwhelmingly, said Lou Mleczko, president of the Newspaper Guild of Detroit.