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Weren't low wages supposed to curb high unemployment? Not in South Carolina
Date: May-08-2009
Since 2003, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has turned the state into a petri dish for what hard-core conservatism – slashed taxes, shrunken government, cut regulations – would look like....
Difficult to light a fire under several big power plant projects
Date: Apr-24-2009
LANSING – A powerful boost could be coming to Michigan’s construction industry over the next decade. But for the thousands of Hardhats sitting on the bench – who are ready...
Former power plant begins transformation into office space
Date: Apr-24-2009
LANSING -The ongoing transformation of the Ottawa Street Power Station into the headquarters of the Accident Fund Insurance Company of America in recent months has made the structure a shell...
For trades, misery now moves from unemployment, to pensions, to politics
Date: Apr-24-2009
LANSING – Good news about employment or financial prospects in the construction industry was nowhere to be found from AFL-CIO Building Trades Department Secretary-Treasurer Sean McGarvey, who spoke April 1...
Kennecott Mine work awaits rebound in nickel market
Date: Apr-24-2009
LANSING – A mining project is proposed for land located 20 miles north of Marquette, which would create 200-400 construction jobs over a two-year period. But when construction will start...
New leadership, new opportunities for labor
Date: Apr-24-2009
SILVER SPRING, Md. (PAI) — AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney formally told top leaders of the federation that he will retire at the AFL-CIO Convention in September . Sweeney’s statement,...
News Briefs
Date: Apr-24-2009
Endorsements set for school boards The following school board trustee candidates requested and were granted an endorsement from the Political Action Committee of the Greater Detroit Building and Construction Trades...
Granholm relaxes stance on power plant permits
Date: Apr-10-2009
LANSING - It seems the looming 50th Legislative Conference of the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council - and the arrival into town of a number of angry union delegates...
Hire Michigan 1st stalls in state Senate
Date: Apr-10-2009
LANSING – The Hire Michigan First bill sailed through the Democratic majority in the state House, but was brought to a screeching halt on April 1 by the majority of...
Major setback for Employee Free Choice Act
Date: Apr-10-2009
WASHINGTON – Organized labor has pushed long and hard to get a worker-friendly Congress and president in office, in order to assure passage of its No. 1 legislative priority, the...