Older Issues
The Building Tradesman Newspaper Editions
Obama’s jobs plan is too small, but it’s a vital first step
Date: Sep-23-2011
On Sept. 8, President Obama powerfully called on the Congress to end the “political circus” and act on jobs. His agenda featured proposals that have traditionally gained bipartisan support. He...
PLA-killer law leads to suspension of CUB agreement
Date: Sep-23-2011
One of the first casualties of the new state law banning project labor agreements is one of the oldest building trades labor-management pacts in the U.S.: Washtenaw County’s Construction Unity...
State AFL-CIO president steps down
Date: Sep-23-2011
LANSING – Michigan AFL-CIO President Mark Gaffney announced Sept. 9 that he would not be seeking re-election at the labor federation’s election this fall. “It is time for me to...
Union chiefs praise Obama jobs proposal, warn against GOP blockade
Date: Sep-23-2011
WASHINGTON (PAI) – Union leaders generally praised Democratic President Barack Obama’s proposed $450 billion multi-year jobs creation plan, the American Jobs Act, with several warning congressional Republicans against obstructing it....
Building trades unions pull out of 2012 Dem convention
Date: Sep-09-2011
WASHINGTON (PAI) –Twelve building trades unions – all but, so far, the Teamsters – have decided not to financially support or send members as delegates to next year’s Democratic National...
For workers, protests, not parades are appropriate this Labor Day
Date: Sep-09-2011
Labor Day is traditionally a time for picnics and parades. But this year is no picnic for American workers, and a protest march would be more appropriate than a parade....
Lots of curves and natural light for new Oldenburg building
Date: Sep-09-2011
KINGSFORD – Built just above the Wisconsin border, construction was wrapping up late last month on the Oldenburg Group’s new Technology Center. Oldenburg is a worldwide supplier of performance-engineered products...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Sep-09-2011
Wolverine Power ‘hopeful’ for plant At a meeting in Rogers City Aug. 29, officials with Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative assured city officials and others that it is currently proceeding with...
No ‘nibbling around the edges’ – Labor wants a bold jobs plan
Date: Sep-09-2011
DETROIT – Barack Obama’s Labor Day visit to the Motor City – a presidential tradition from a generation ago which seems to have been mostly forgotten in recent decades –...
Obama hails unions as ‘cornerstones’ of middle class; previews jobs speech
Date: Sep-09-2011
President Barack Obama used the Labor Day stage in Detroit to express his support for unions and working people, and to stoke interest in a major jobs plan that he planned...