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With evidence-based medicine, government looks over doctor’s chart
Date: Mar-30-2012
By Tim Esper LANSING – For workers in Michigan, it’s feeling more and more like death by a thousand cuts. The latest slash is coming from the state Workers Compensation...
Federal judge reinstates state PLA law
Date: Mar-16-2012
LANSING – The organized labor community in Michigan has committed itself to a high-risk, high-reward strategy in an effort to enshrine collective bargaining rights for public and private workers into...
IBEW members harness wind energy
Date: Mar-16-2012
BRECKENRIDGE – Last month, we featured the work of the iron workers building the Gratiot County Wind Farm, Michigan’s largest. This month, we give a shout out to the crew...
Is the worst over? Construction jobs gain vs. last year
Date: Mar-16-2012
The U.S. construction industry lost 13,000 jobs between January and February, but continued a string of year-over-year job increases, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released March...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Mar-16-2012
FRIB’s future still unsettled LANSING – In January, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu raised some red flags by saying for the first time that full funding to construct Michigan State...
Scoreboard upgrade on deck at Comerica Park
Date: Mar-16-2012
DETROIT – At first, it might be hard to believe that the big electronic scoreboard screens at Comerica Park could be outdated after just 11 seasons of use. But think...
Too-big-to-fail petition drive seeks a permanent end to anti-worker laws
Date: Mar-16-2012
LANSING – The organized labor community in Michigan has committed itself to a high-risk, high-reward strategy in an effort to enshrine collective bargaining rights for public and private workers into...
‘We’ve had our share of tough days’ Labor’s course for a comeback goes through the House
Date: Mar-16-2012
LANSING – The 53rd Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council Legislative Conference arrived at a time that was likely the most depressing point in the history of organized labor in...
‘I'll fight for right-to-work laws’ Romney takes aim at unions during Michigan campaign
Date: Mar-02-2012
GRAND RAPIDS – Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney came to Michigan the day after Valentine’s Day, but he wasn’t showing any love for the state’s union members. Romney received national...
Kellogg CC building remodeled, re-purposed
Date: Mar-02-2012
BATTLE CREEK – The transformation of the Lane Thomas Building on the Kellogg Community College campus is nearly complete. Constructed in 1961, the 30,000-square-foot building has been expanded with about...