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Consumers Energy plans $750M gas-fired Genesee plant
Date: Jan-11-2013
Consumers Energy announced Dec. 17 that it plans to build a major new natural gas-fired power plant in Genesee County. The company estimates it will invest about $750 million in...
Labor no admirer of fiscal cliff settlement
Date: Jan-11-2013
WASHINGTON –The federal government’s brief dive with the “fiscal cliff” settlement hit with a resounding thud with the labor movement – and was just as unpopular with about everyone else....
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jan-11-2013
Construction sees healthier spending Construction spending dipped from October to November , but resolution of the uncertainty regarding federal taxes for 2013 should unleash more private construction investment, according to...
Patient tower at St. Joseph-Pontiac creates more room for everybody
Date: Jan-11-2013
PONTIAC – The delivery of health care has changed just a bit since the first building on the campus of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland was erected in 1927. “Well, it’s...
Union brand should point to shared value as trades plan our future
Date: Jan-11-2013
This is the time of year when we take the occasion to pause and reflect upon the year that was; the year to come; and to resolve to find ways...
A bare-knuckle blast from One Brutal Nerd
Date: Dec-21-2012
He’s the definition of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder came onto the scene in Michigan two years ago, portraying himself as a moderate who was willing...
Don’t be fooled, Michigan: ‘right to work’ is just plain wrong
Date: Dec-21-2012
Michigan’s Republican-controlled House and Senate forced through “right-to-work” legislation on Dec. 6, making the Great Lakes State the latest battleground over worker rights. The move, of course, comes after recent...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Dec-21-2012
Right-to-work, explained The following is from “Right to Work 101,” by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Feb. 12, 2012. In states where the law exists, “right-to-work” makes it...
Right to work law fouls Michigan ‘This legislation is petty and vindictive politics at its most disgusting’
Date: Dec-21-2012
LANSING – Michigan…a right-to-work state? As unbelievable as that sounds – in a state that more than any other is the cradle of the modern labor movement – it’s true....
RTW in Michigan: They said it:
Date: Dec-21-2012
Following are comments from state and national pundits on Michigan’s historic status as the nation’s latest – and unlikeliest – right-to-work state. “Snyder had positioned himself as more moderate than...