After a year marked by numerous price spikes, construction costs declined in December but remained elevated compared to year-earlier prices, while prices of new buildings also moved higher, according to...

DETROIT - The Wayne County Community College District - long a fixture in the city with its campus along Fort Street on the western edge of downtown - is creating...

LANSING - It's a new year: Michigan has a new governor and new lawmakers, and it's certain to be a fresh start for organized labor. Unions and working people have...

ST. CLAIR - Silos have traditionally been landmarks on American farms. Tall, practical, necessary structures that stored animal feed, wheat, corn or other agricultural products, they were also wayfinders and...

Building trades workers who were affected by the mass, false accusation of fraud by the Michigan  Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) have an option to get some restitution.  If you or...

DETROIT - For trades workers setting up the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center, this year's diminished, final show in the month of January was still a significant...

LANSING - A union-backed lawsuit that seeks to declare invalid the citizens initiative which led to the repeal of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act last year enters the new year...

Minimum wages hiked for 5.2 million workers On Jan. 1, 2019, 19 states, including Michigan, raised their minimum wages, lifting pay for 5.2 million workers around the country. According to...

The year 2019 may be a transitional one away from the boom building years that have gone onearlier this decade. Or maybe not. For the first time in recent years...

LANSING - The chances of repealing Michigan's seven-year-old right-to-work laws are slim and none - and closer to none. But organized labor in the state appreciates the effort. Although newly...