Older Issues
The Building Tradesman Newspaper Editions
Supreme Court to look at legality of NLRB mess
Date: Jul-12-2013
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI) – The U.S. Supreme Court will try to sort out the political war over the legality of “recess appointments” to the National...
Supremes issue two employer-friendly rulings on worker harassment
Date: Jul-12-2013
Two Supreme Court rulings issued late last month have made it easier for employees to be harassed in the workplace and reduced the legal recourse those workers have to end...
Trades take pains to restore, modernize old city hall
Date: Jul-12-2013
BAY CITY – By the end of the year, the city's City Hall will be back in service, better than ever. Until then, the building trades will be working in...
You’ll likely shrug at first contact with Affordable Care Act
Date: Jul-12-2013
This is the latest in a series of articles on the pending impact of the Affordable Care Act, on building trades union members. It’s looking like the first contact building...
Appeals court hears Michigan PLA case
Date: Jun-28-2013
CINCINNATI – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard arguments June 18 on whether to toss out or uphold a ban on state and local governments participating...
Construction jobless rate at 5-year low
Date: Jun-28-2013
Construction employment increased by 7,000 in May, helping to push the industry’s unemployment rate down to the lowest May level in five years, according to an analysis of new government...
In RTW Oklahoma, modern sweatshop offers cautionary tale for workers seeking to unionize
Date: Jun-28-2013
By Edwin Hill IBEW General President Dan Lee was dripping with sweat and caked with dust and debris. He'd been at his job at an electronics recycling company for just...
News Briefs
Date: Jun-28-2013
We mourn the loss of Stan Arnold The Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council lost one of its “founding fathers” this month, with the June 22, 2013 passing of past...
ObamaCare: here come the exchanges
Date: Jun-28-2013
By John I. Tesija As you may have read recently both in the national and local news, many unions are now questioning whether health care reform will have a positive...
State’s bridges ranked No. 18 on ‘deficient’ scale
Date: Jun-28-2013
Many of Michigan’s bridges are in a fix: 12 percent are classified as “structurally deficient,” ranking our state’s spans No. 18 among the worst performers in the U.S. Overall in...