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IBEW Local 131's Buskirk seeks state House seat
Date: Feb-14-2014
KALAMAZOO – “Let’s stop talking about electing people who support organized labor. Let’s start talking about electing me, because I am organized labor.” So says Dave Buskirk, a 45-year member...
Labor lauds speedier union election rules while GOP, business groups seethe
Date: Feb-14-2014
WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a 3-2 party line vote on Feb. 4, the National Labor Relations Board proposed rules to change union election procedures, making elections less liable to delay and more...
News Briefs
Date: Feb-14-2014
Higher contracts in construction U.S. construction contracts saw an average increase of 2.9 percent for all of 2013, a nice leap from the 2.4 percent rise in 2012. Construction did...
Read all about it: Flint Journal Building re-purposed for MSU
Date: Feb-14-2014
FLINT – Nowadays, with former department stores, warehouses and office buildings being adapted to loft apartments and spaces for small businesses, it shouldn’t be too difficult to envision a new...
Supreme Court to take up RTW appeal for Michigan's public workers
Date: Feb-14-2014
LANSING – The Michigan Supreme Court on Jan. 30 agreed to hear testimony on whether public employees are covered by a state’s right-to-work law which was adopted in December 2012....
Unemployment benefits extension gets stomped again by Senate GOP
Date: Feb-14-2014
WASHINGTON – Another effort to revive benefits for long-term unemployed Americans failed in the U.S. Senate on Feb. 6, with a successful Republican-backed filibuster. The third and latest vote to...
Jobless benefits extension needs loud and clear push from...you
Date: Jan-31-2014
WASHINGTON – Congress failed to extend unemployment benefits for some 1.4 million jobless workers – including about 45,000 in Michigan late last year and again earlier this month. Democrats in...
Knapp’s Building readies for its next chapter
Date: Jan-31-2014
LANSING – The renovation, restoration and re-purposing of the downtown Knapp’s Centre Building is nearing completion. It has been nearly a year since we first visited the former department...
Labor leaders say what Snyder left unsaid in State of the State speech
Date: Jan-31-2014
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder’s state of the state speech on Jan. 16 went heavy on “benchmarks,” statistics and self-congratulation about his perception of Michigan’s progress, but it was light...
Mild, not wild optimism seen for 2014 market by construction contractors
Date: Jan-31-2014
Many U.S. construction firms plan to start hiring again and most contractors predict demand will either grow or remain stable in virtually every market segment this year, according to survey...