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Flipping the state House another key to labor’s future
Date: Oct-26-2012
LANSING – Can Democrats flip the state House? For organized labor in Michigan, that question ranks right up there with Proposal 2 and the presidency when it comes to what’s...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Oct-26-2012
U.S. construction jumps 5% vs. 2011 New construction starts in September climbed 16 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $507.2 billion, it was reported Oct. 17 by McGraw-Hill...
Right-to-work, lies and lower wages likely in Michigan if Proposal 2 is defeated
Date: Oct-26-2012
LANSING – The concept of Michigan workers having a right-to-work law imposed on them is not really an abstraction any more. If Proposal 2 goes down in defeat, it is...
Trade unionists get it: trickle down theory is no way to run an economy
Date: Oct-26-2012
America’s building trades unions entered into the current election cycle knowing full well that the 2012 elections would pose a daunting challenge. That challenge manifested itself four years ago when...
Why can’t labor get behind Romney? Well, there’s the broken back thing…
Date: Oct-26-2012
Barack Obama or Mitt Romney? Michigan voters have been returning their absentee ballots and will go to the polls on Nov. 7, joining the rest of the nation in making...
Will Michigan take the high-wage road – or the low road?
Date: Oct-26-2012
Forget all the other times you’ve heard that this is the most important election of your life. This time, it is. At the top of the Nov. 6 general election...
Proposal 2 a stealth missile for U.S. labor?
Date: Oct-12-2012
During this presidential election year, and with six proposals on the Nov. 6 ballot, Michigan’s Proposal 2 is flying a bit under the radar in terms of national attention, but...
Some yeas, nays on ballot proposals
Date: Oct-12-2012
Six proposals are on the Nov. 6 ballot – leaving plenty of room for voter confusion, error, and perhaps an inclination to just vote “no” on all of them, or...
Top apprentice award goes to Local 169’s Coulter
Date: Oct-12-2012
DEARBORN – Blaine Coulter let his skills and knowledge do most of his talking after the Boilermakers Local 169 member won the 25th Annual Boilermakers National Outstanding Apprenticeship Award on Sept....
Topping out new and improving Cobo Center
Date: Oct-12-2012
DETROIT –Another big step in the five-year renovation of Cobo Center took place Oct. 4, with the placement of a 50-foot-long section of white iron that will help form the...