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Weaker apprenticeship standards loom with new review by DOL
Date: Aug-09-2019
(Note: to make your voice heard by the Department of Labor regarding the importance of strong apprenticeship standards, visit your International Union's website to fill out an electronic form. Friends...
Organized labor is no fan of new DOL secretary
Date: Aug-09-2019
Organized labor really, really doesn't like President Trump's pick to be head of the U.S. Department of Labor. The DOL, established in 1913 as the federal agency set up to...
Put 'Michigan Jobs First,' says Whitmer directive
Date: Aug-09-2019
ROSEVILLE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the "Michigan Jobs First" executive directive on July 29, which "expands the list of factors used to determine whether a bid from a...
Head's up: 'safety helmets' may be headed to your jobsite
Date: Aug-09-2019
By Nick Fox Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America For over 60 years, construction and the hard hat have gone hand in hand. But is it time to...
News Briefs
Date: Aug-09-2019
MI business leaders hint at slowdown A majority of Michigan business leaders expect to continue or boost their investment within the state, despite a growing number anticipating slower state and...
Roncelli, trades undertake expansion for McLaren Macomb
Date: Aug-09-2019
MOUNT CLEMENS - What will be the largest emergency department and trauma center in Macomb County is taking shape at McLaren Macomb Hospital. Construction manager Roncelli, Inc., its subcontractors and...
Key panel in Congress OKs pension rescue bill as GOP opposition looms
Date: Jul-26-2019
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—At a hearing packed with hundreds of workers, lawmakers on the key committee handling pension issues tackled – and approved – legislation to...
Army Corps seeks to expedite new Soo Lock
Date: Jul-26-2019
SAULT STE. MARIE - The ridiculously slow process of funding, planning and building a new Soo Lock took another step towards reality last month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Federal judge: go ahead, inflate the rat
Date: Jul-26-2019
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PAI)—A federal judge turned labor’s famous Scabby The Rat loose from a trap – really a ban – set by the Trump-named National Labor Relations Board majority. Instead,...
Labor sees optimism, disappointment with Whitmer's appointments
Date: Jul-26-2019
LANSING - The first six months of the administration of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have seen a distinct uptick in the number of people holding union cards, or working in union-related...