Older Issues
The Building Tradesman Newspaper Editions
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Oct-07-2011
New bridge project may be closer Michigan Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe) said last week at a Republican conference that members of his GOP caucus were “coming aboard” on...
Right-to-work theories for Michigan based on ‘junk science’
Date: Oct-07-2011
With Michigan on the front lines of the right-to-work debate – some hard-right state Republicans are pushing for a vote before the end of the year – the Economic Policy...
Road funding, repairs to get renewed attention
Date: Oct-07-2011
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to tell us about his plans for repairing the state’s crumbling infrastructure in an address on Oct. 24. In anticipation of that speech,...
So much to dislike about workers’ comp reform bill
Date: Oct-07-2011
On Sept. 27, Bradford Jacobsen (R-Oxford), introduced House Bill 5002 at a Commerce Committee hearing in Lansing. The bill’s business backers claim it will stabilize, modernize and clarify the Workers’...
State Republicans have plenty of ammo to reload, re-aim at organized labor
Date: Oct-07-2011
LANSING – Last November , Michigan’s voters handed Republicans control over every lever of power in the state, including the House, the Senate, the governor’s office, and the state Supreme...
Waste wood gets new purpose at Verso: as fuel to run their plant
Date: Oct-07-2011
QUINNESEC – Verso Paper Corp., already a harvester of trees for making its paper products, will soon have greater capacity to utilize formerly discarded wood parts like treetops, limbs and...
Going up: trades build second story above first at VA hospital
Date: Sep-23-2011
IRON MOUNTAIN – More room(s) are in the works for medical patients at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center. Gundlach Champion, its subcontractors and the building trades are adding...
GOP leader targets teachers for right to work
Date: Sep-23-2011
Organized labor in Michigan has received its share of body blows this year from state Republicans, who control all levers of power in state government. Now comes word from Senate...
Insulators’ party wraps up 100-year anniversary
Date: Sep-23-2011
DETROIT – Heat and Frost Insulators Local 25 celebrated its first 100 years of existence on Sept. 10, with union leaders vowing to make the gains won in wages, pensions...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Sep-23-2011
Unions praise new NLRB posting rule WASHINGTON (PAI) – Unions praised the National Labor Relations Board’s new rule that requires employers to put up posters informing workers of their rights...