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‘A ton of pain in the pipeline’
Date: Jul-17-2009
Throughout this decade, Michigan has had the dubious distinction of being well ahead of the economic curve: our march toward economic calamity has been years ahead of other states –...
Franken signs on to first bill: Employee Free Choice Act
Date: Jul-17-2009
WASHINGTON (PAI) – Minnesota’s new Democratic U.S. Senator, Al Franken, marked his first day in office on July 7 by signing on as a co-sponsor to a bill for the...
Jobs ‘fell off a cliff’ – Report says slump is the worst in 80 years
Date: Jul-17-2009
WASHINGTON (PAI) – Now it’s official, as far as the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute is concerned: The current U.S. economic slump “has become the longest and deepest economic downturn since...
News Briefs
Date: Jul-17-2009
Pope Benedict is a union man Pope Benedict XVI, in a new encyclical released July 7, says the support of unions that can defend workers' rights must be "honored today...
New U-M data center is all about redundancy
Date: Jul-17-2009
ANN ARBOR – Taking care of sick people is the job of medical staff at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers. Taking care of medical information related to...
OSHA to clear the air on silica rule?
Date: Jul-17-2009
Action last month by OSHA indicates that silica has moved high on the agency’s regulatory agenda. OSHA requested a “quick turn-around” of the peer review of the draft silica standard’s...
Recession has ‘devastating impact’ on construction industry
Date: Jul-17-2009
An economic bellwether and one of the hardest-hit industries during this recession, the construction industry is a very sick patient that isn’t getting better, A federal jobs report issued July...
Automotive downturn arrives at trades’ doorstep, 10% givebacks set for Chrysler, Ford work
Date: Jul-03-2009
The National Maintenance Agreements Policy Committee approved a series of modifications to its industrial maintenance and construction contracts with Chrysler and Ford Motor Co. on June 3, a move that...
GM nods: make it in Michigan
Date: Jul-03-2009
Congressman Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Twp.) and a host of UAW autoworkers on June 23 delivered 20,000 online signatures to General Motors' Renaissance Center headquarters, imploring the automaker to build a...
Ingham County PLA rule easily adopted
Date: Jul-03-2009
MASON – By a 13-2 margin, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners on June 23 adopted a resolution approving the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction work sponsored...