Don't fall for the big lie about labor's top priority By Bill McCarthy President, Minneapolis Labor Federation and Press Associates MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) - In recent weeks, you may have seen...

In many areas of the old Ford Piquette plant you still see and smell the oil that workers who built Henry Ford's first cars spilled onto the maple floor years...

WASHINGTON (PAI) - China's trade surplus with the U.S., created by undervalued currency, low pay for Chinese workers and a deliberate drive for industrial exports, has cost the U.S. economy...

By Mark Ayers President Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO Commentary MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) - In recent weeks, you may have seen ads on TV or news releases or letters to...

By Mark Breslin (Another in a series) The time has come for labor and management to get real. Across this country union construction has lost most of its market share,...

Maintain pressure on sanitation bill LANSING - The state's lawmakers are on their summer hiatus, but that doesn't mean they don't check their e-mail, read letters or get phone messages....

By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI) - Prospective Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) told more than 2,500 union leaders nationwide that "we can't do it without...

PORT HURON - Strong winds made for some fast times in the 84th Bayview Port Huron to Mackinac Sailboat Race held on July 12-13, and along for the ride on...

By Joe Hoshaw Staff Writer The Employee Free Choice Act has been stalled in Congress for more than a year now, and unions throughout Michigan are redoubling their efforts to...

MONITOR TWP. - Some 200,000 square-feet of concrete has been poured for the floor, the concrete walls are up, and the new Fabiano Brothers Inc. beverage distribution facility is on...