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News Briefs
Date: Jul-03-2009
Michigan AFL-CIO’s Garrison is mourned Frank Garrison, the president of the Michigan AFL-CIO from 1986-1999, died June 17, 2009. He was 74. “The Michigan AFL-CIO has lost one of its...
NMU lobby work brings residence halls together
Date: Jul-03-2009
MARQUETTE – With renovations on Northern Michigan University’s four residence halls having been completed in recent years, the school’s task this summer is to bring everything together by modernizing the...
PLAs: ‘Valuable tools’ that provide value for taxpayers
Date: Jul-03-2009
By Dale Belman Michigan State University Associate Director & Professor, School of Labor & Industrial Relations The Ingham County Board of Commissioners should approve a proposal requiring county taxpayer-funded construction...
Trades serving time expanding Washtenaw Co. courts, lockup
Date: Jul-03-2009
PITTSFIELD TWP. – Washtenaw County is getting more room to deal with those who run afoul of the law. The county is expanding its jail and courtroom space to address...
Funding outlook is grim for crumbling state roads
Date: Jun-19-2009
LANSING – These are lean, lean times in Michigan for the highway building industry. And they’re not much better around the country, either. On June 3, the Michigan Infrastructure and...
Kids, families are the focus at new children’s hospital
Date: Jun-19-2009
GRAND RAPIDS – Under construction along Michigan Street, the 14-story Helen Devos Children’s Hospital expansion will add 440,000 square-feet of space to the city’s Medical Mile, a collection of health...
More room to operate at Munson Hospital
Date: Jun-19-2009
TRAVERSE CITY – Air handlers and related fixtures for a major expansion project at Munson Medical Center are being deftly handled by Sheet Metal Workers Local 7 members. Employed by...
News Briefs
Date: Jun-19-2009
Carpenters looking at rejoining trades International Brotherhood of Carpenters General President Doug McCarron said that his union – in concert with the International Union of Operating Engineers – is “optimistic”...
The Employee Free Choice Act: time for a compromise in Congress?
Date: Jun-19-2009
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI) – Congressional supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act, trying to get the 60 senators they need to break a planned Republican-led...
Trades: Don’t harm our existing health care plans
Date: Jun-19-2009
The head of the AFL-CIO Building Trades Department, who generally speaks on behalf of all the group’s affiliated unions, last month urged Congress to blend universal health care coverage in...