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Why the Michigan Supreme Court election matters to you
Date: Oct-12-2012
The election on Nov. 6 provides two golden opportunities to turn the tide on the Republican-led destruction of working peoples’ rights and protections in Michigan. I’ll add my support to...
You and Proposal 2: ‘If we don’t stand up and win this thing, we’re done’
Date: Oct-12-2012
MADISON HEIGHTS – U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, a labor lawyer in his early days, had an active role when Michigan’s labor laws and Constitution were written in the 1960s. He...
Declining union density bodes ill for U.S. economy
Date: Sep-28-2012
WASHINGTON (PAI) – The drop in workers’ income from the Great Recession, piled on prior decline during the weak 2001-07 recovery, was so deep that it may take until 2020...
GOP platform wants no part of union-backed wage advantage
Date: Sep-28-2012
Where unions are present, wages tend to be higher. And few would argue that raising American workers’ wages and improving the level of health care and insurance coverage would be...
Labor brings own fight to end war on workers
Date: Sep-28-2012
WASHINGTON (PAI) – The Tea Party, which has taken over the Republican Party and produced “craziness” there, is responsible for the “tremendous war on workers” now being waged nationwide, Teamsters...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Sep-28-2012
Support Proposal 2 rally set for Oct. 2 Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 is organizing a “Protect Our Jobs” rally in support of Proposal 2. It will be held beginning...
Support Proposal 2: ‘apathy is not an option’
Date: Sep-28-2012
“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” – President John F. Kennedy Since the modern laws establishing...
Trades dig in to major overhaul of aging steam loop at MSU
Date: Sep-28-2012
After being buried for decades, exposed to heat and frost cycles, and acting as a conduit for a constant 90 pounds of steam, Michigan State University has gotten its money’s...
Bending, shaping re-rod is an art form for iron worker
Date: Sep-14-2012
During his career in the field, Iron Workers Local 340 member Doug Kalnbach placed plenty of reinforcing rod in concrete roads and building foundations, never to be seen again. Now,...
Biden to Labor Day union crowd: ‘We view you as the solution’
Date: Sep-14-2012
DETROIT – One of the themes Republicans supporting Mitt Romney for president are using this election year asks the question, “are you better off than you were four years ago?”...