Jobless benefits vote this week WASHINGTON (PAI) – The U.S. unemployment rate stayed unchanged in March at 6.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported April 4, as businesses claimed...

DEARBORN – In a bygone era, a train station was often a pillar of a community, impressively built to provide a source of local pride and to act as a...

DETROIT – A century of service, fellowship and good work by Pipe Fitters Local 636 members was celebrated on March 29 at a huge ballroom gala at the Marriott Hotel...

Historically, the only occasions that the Associated Builders and Contractors pays much attention to education is when the subject could affect the bottom lines of their affiliated nonunion contractors. The...

(By Mark Gruenberg, PAI Staff Writer)  WASHINGTON (PAI)–The nation’s unions are asking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to cut worker exposure to silica.  And while they praise OSHA’s...

WARREN – A special briefing on construction union value for the benefit of owners, educators and elected leaders was held March 28 at the IBEW-NECA Electrical Industry Training Center. Hosted...

One of the largest cranes in North America is operating at the Humboldt Mill, which is the largest construction employer in the state. Lundin Mining brought in a 1,400-ton Terex...

WASHINGTON – North America’s Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey said “the stars are now aligned for us” to improve market share through alliances with the business community that strive...

LANSING – Multiemployer pension plans such as those that cover the building trades unions are in better financial positions compared to the dark, dark economic times of the U.S. economy...

WASHINGTON – While polls show the American public is slowly warming to the Affordable Care Act, union leaders continue to have little stomach for it. A Jan. 27 letter signed...