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Opulent Book-Cadillac reappears
Date: Sep-19-2008
DETROIT - No more will we be referring to it as the "once-grand" Book Cadillac hotel. Thanks to the work of general contractors Marous Brothers Construction, its subcontractors, and the...
Trades give MCV plant more operating options
Date: Sep-19-2008
MIDLAND - Construction work at the Midland Cogeneration Venture (MCV) Expansion is starting to power down after a summer-long project to install six new boilers at the 1,240-megawatt plant. Later...
A new look this fall for U-M Stadium
Date: Sep-05-2008
ANN ARBOR - If you see some unusual shadows while watching University of Michigan football games this fall, they were made possible by the hard work of the iron workers...
Heads up: West Michigan trades try billboard campaign
Date: Sep-05-2008
The pro-union West Michigan Construction Alliance started a new campaign last month to promote its affiliated unions and contractors. The alliance is sponsoring the placement of two high-profile billboards along...
News Briefs
Date: Sep-05-2008
$200M casino goes toU.S. Supreme Court While a U.S. Court of Appeals decision last May was favorable, continued opposition to a casino plan for Wayland Township, including an appeal to...
Obama gives short tribute to labor
Date: Sep-05-2008
ANN ARBOR - If you see some unusual shadows while watching University of Michigan football games this fall, they were made possible by the hard work of the iron workers...
Obama vs. McCain - How they stack up on matters that matter to working Americans
Date: Sep-05-2008
DETROIT - "I'm a labor guy," said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, to a cheering throng in Hart Plaza on Labor Day. "I believe in the right to collective bargaining,...
Bigger Troy-Beaumont in the works
Date: Aug-22-2008
TROY - A local brickyard makes a "Beaumont Brick" so that any new Beaumont Hospital renovation, expansion or satellite facility will match the look of the original building in Royal...
Goodbye summer, hello Labor Day - Events slated in three communities
Date: Aug-22-2008
August is starting to fade and a new school year is looming - that can only mean one thing. Well, it probably means any number of things, but for our...
News Briefs
Date: Aug-22-2008
Labor Day blood drive set With blood supplies "dangerously low," the American Red Cross is urging building trades workers and their families to give blood. An opportunity to do so...