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The Building Tradesman Newspaper Editions
Building trades need to leverage assets, push union value, chief says
Date: May-03-2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the U.S. construction industry mired in a half-decade slump (you can make that a full decade in Michigan), AFL-CIO Building Trades Department President Sean McGarvey is...
First quarter construction same level as 2012
Date: May-03-2013
New U.S. construction starts in March climbed 8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $475.7 billion, it was reported April 19 by McGraw-Hill Construction. The gain for total...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: May-03-2013
Owosso Memorial hiring angers trades The Genesee-Lapeer-Shiawassee (BLS) Building Trades Council are picketing and handbilling Owosso Memorial Hospital and their satellite clinics for hiring out-of-area workers on a $2 million...
Rats to the ABC, and their GOP supporters
Date: May-03-2013
LANSING – With at least one picket sign reading “ABC doesn't speak for me!” and a pair of inflatable rats, about 75 protesters took to Michigan Avenue next to the...
Transformed Cobo taking shape
Date: May-03-2013
DETROIT – Iconic Cobo Center is at a crossroads in its history. It’s currently a mixture of old and new construction and finished and rough surfaces – amidst a re-purposing...
Troubled pension plans now have a potentially painful path forward
Date: May-03-2013
Investments in the stock market, which reached an all-time high last month, have been very helpful to sustaining the fiscal health of numerous union pension plans, including those that cover...
Work zones a magnet for wayward motorists
Date: May-03-2013
Any time a construction work zone is put into place, there’s better than one-in-three odds that a motorist will run into it. That comes from a study released by the...
Insulators, contractors boost asbestosis research – but for how much longer?
Date: Apr-19-2013
DETROIT – The Breath of Life Foundation once again pitched in financially to help fund asbestos-related disease research at the Karmanos Cancer Institute. But time and funds are running short...
Judge gives green light for lawsuit challenging RTW
Date: Apr-19-2013
A union-backed lawsuit challenging Michigan’s right-to-work law because it was passed in violation of state and federal open government laws can go on as scheduled, an Ingham County Circuit judge...
More clarity on rules for getting jobless benefits
Date: Apr-19-2013
LANSING – The state’s Unemployment Agency has issued a clarification to a prior clarification for unemployed building trades union workers filling out jobless benefit forms. This comes from Michigan Building...