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IBEW-NECA energize restoration at Veterans Park
Date: Dec-02-2011
MUSKEGON – Veteran’s Memorial Park has a long and rich history since it was first established Nov. 11, 1934 as a major landmark. When the park was created it was...
Michigan’s construction employment takes a big hit
Date: Dec-02-2011
The fickle finger pointing out trends in construction employment gave a thumbs down to Michigan in October, as our state was among the biggest month-to-month losers in jobs. But solid...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Dec-02-2011
Workers comp bill on GOP fast track LANSING – Union members packed a Nov. 22 Senate subcommittee hearing on House Bill 5002, which would make it much more difficult for...
State Supreme Court OK’s new pension tax; pays for business tax cuts
Date: Dec-02-2011
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder’s new plan to tax the pensions of private and public workers does not violate the state constitution and may proceed, according to a Nov. 18...
Tepid outlook for construction, rest of economy in ‘12
Date: Dec-02-2011
ANN ARBOR – Painstakingly “moderate” employment and economic growth will take place in Michigan and across the nation in 2012 and 2013, as the emergence from the Great Recession will...
Workers comp revision doesn’t work for Michigan’s workers
Date: Dec-02-2011
A Michigan Senate subcommittee heard testimony on Nov. 22 about House Bill 5002, which was adopted last month by the state House and would severely restrict the ability of injured...
Big and small infrastructure jobs bills fail in Senate
Date: Nov-21-2011
WASHINGTON – Legislation that would create infrastructure jobs for the building trades and save jobs for other workers has been shot down as a whole, and in parts, by Senate...
Construction bears high proportion of fatalities
Date: Nov-21-2011
WASHINGTON (PAI) – Over their careers, construction workers have a 1 in 200 chance of death on the job, five times what the government considers the “significant” risk of death...
House OKs stricter,‘phantom’ standards for workers comp
Date: Nov-21-2011
LANSING – The long list of anti-worker legislation adopted this year by state Republican lawmakers got a little longer on Nov. 2, as the Michigan House passed a bill which...
Latest injury rates show improvement
Date: Nov-21-2011
Latest injury rates show improvement The bad, and rather shocking news: 40 percent of full time U.S. construction workers were injured on the job in 2010. Furthermore, reports the Center...