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NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Apr-08-2011
Michigan sees small work upswing Don’t look now, but Michigan has a comparatively positive, sustained construction employment streak going on. Michigan gained 6,700 construction jobs from February 2010 to February...
Rally time: Trades ready to make their voices heard
Date: Apr-08-2011
LANSING – Building trades union workers from across Michigan are asked to converge on the steps of the State Capitol Building on Wednesday, April 13 as part of a “We...
Report finds (surprise!) state’s bridges in bad shape
Date: Apr-08-2011
A March 30 report by Transportation for America (TFA) analyzes the sorry state of America’s bridges, and finds Michigan’s spans among the sorriest. “Our country is facing a backlog of...
Republicans’ lies about jobs demand a response Instead, we get the silence of the Dems
Date: Apr-08-2011
(By Robert Reich) “And if all others accepted the lie which the party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and...
State Republicans reduce jobless benefits to 20 weeks
Date: Apr-08-2011
LANSING – Michigan has suffered through its share of dubious “firsts” during this Great Recession that involve population loss, unemployment statistics, budget woes and political battles. Next in line is...
Trades on a roll at Severstal with pickle line, rolling mill
Date: Apr-08-2011
DEARBORN – On the ground of former Ford Motor Co. Rouge Steel property, Severstal North America, Barton Malow and the building trades are going full bore on projects to enhance...
New, modern MLK High School takes shape
Date: Mar-25-2011
DETROIT – A leaky roof, an empty pool and a host of other building problems led the Detroit Public School system to seek a replacement for Martin Luther King High...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Mar-25-2011
PLAs work for Toyota construction On the occasion of the 25-year anniversary of the construction of its first North American manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Kentucky, Toyota Motor Corp. issued a...
No checks, no balances – State Republicans OK financial manager bill
Date: Mar-25-2011
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder and the Republican House and Senate have adopted a bill that allows the appointment of emergency financial managers for financially strapped cities and school districts,...
Rally season in Lansing demands change in course by Republicans
Date: Mar-25-2011
LANSING – Chanting “union busting – it’s disgusting” and “take Michigan back,” a throng of about 5,000 from around the state converged on the steps of the Capitol Building on...