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Today's lesson: Employee Free Choice Act 101
Date: Feb-27-2009
The Employee Free Choice Act isn't on the general public's radar screen, and it's also probably not much more than a faint blip on the collective psyche of the nation's...
Will the New, New Deal be enough?
Date: Feb-27-2009
The stock market reached a six-year low today. Why? Some blame loose talk (including that of former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan) about nationalizing the nation’s banks. Others blame Obama’s new...
A northern lodge? No, it's Henry Ford's new $310M hospital
Date: Feb-13-2009
WEST BLOOMFIELD – It has the look and feel of Northern Michigan lodge, with natural construction components like stone and wood, and an interior courtyard that includes trees and wood...
First order of business: Obama signs Fair Pay Act
Date: Feb-13-2009
WASHINGTON (PAI) – The first law Democratic President Barack Obama signed helps workers: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. With the graying gentle grandmother from Gadsden, Ala., standing just behind,...
Governor's green initiative blacks out thousands of construction jobs
Date: Feb-13-2009
LANSING – Gov. Jennifer Granholm delivered a body blow to Michigan’s construction industry during her State of the State address on Feb. 3. One of the few potential bright spots...
Is Obama serious about supporting union expansion? So far, so good
Date: Feb-13-2009
I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem, to me it’s part of the solution. – President Barack Obama, Jan. 30, 2009 The great union leader...
News Briefs
Date: Feb-13-2009
Green light for Gun Lake Casino U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Feb. 5 denied a request to stop the U.S. Department of the Interior from taking into trust 147...
Senate keeps 'Buy American' provision in stimulus bill
Date: Feb-13-2009
WASHINGTON (PAI)–By a 65-31 vote, the Senate decided on Feb 4 to keep a strong “Buy American” provision in the ever-growing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the...
Union membership numbers make a significant move up
Date: Feb-13-2009
WASHINGTON (PAI) – The number of unionists nationwide rose by 428,000 in 2008 – the largest rise in numbers since statistics started being kept in 1983 – pushing total union...
2009 Construction Outlook: Michigan's forecast mostly calls for pain
Date: Jan-30-2009
"If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you." Our state's motto applies to Lake Michigan sunsets and the view from the Grand Hotel's porch, but "pleasant" is not necessarily...