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Building trades endorse Obama
Date: Jul-25-2008
'He is simply on the right side of the issues that matter to our collective membership' By Mark Ayers President, AFL-CIO Building Trades Department On June 18, the Governing Board...
'From factory town to college town' Trades help transform Flint
Date: Jul-25-2008
There are new signs of life in this tough old town, in the form of the sights and sounds of construction activity in the downtown area. Some $450 million in...
Industrial construction to bring labor shortages, group predicts
Date: Jul-25-2008
By Guy Snyder Michigan Construction News.com In a national economy that's been softening in a direction known too well by Michigan contractors, what's been happening to the construction labor shortage...
Industry 'clobbered' by surging material costs
Date: Jul-25-2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "Surging prices for diesel fuel, asphalt, steel and other materials are clobbering construction budgets," Ken Simonson, Chief Economist for The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), said...
Leadership ethics can replace the handshake
Date: Jul-25-2008
By Mark Breslin I have heard for many years the lament over the loss of "the handshake" that once defined our industry. An unspoken honor system that governed contractor, union,...
News Briefs
Date: Jul-25-2008
13 weeks added to jobless benefits The following is an excerpt of a July 9 letter from U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow to Michigan union leaders: "I am pleased to report...
AFL-CIO endorses Obama
Date: Jul-11-2008
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI) - As expected, it just took time for emotions to cool and to round up the needed votes, and the AFL-CIO on...
Anti-union survey aimed squarely at trades
Date: Jul-11-2008
The Michigan Right to Work Committee, Steve Forbes and Republican Rep. Jacob Hoogendyk aren't the only ones filling mailboxes with anti-union literature these days. (See the above article). Bruce Hawley...
News Briefs
Date: Jul-11-2008
Toilet, sanitizer bill put on hold LANSING - House Bill 5064, which would increase the number of portable toilets on construction sites and require the use of hand sanitizers or...
Right-to-work effort heats up in Michigan
Date: Jul-11-2008
The ugly effort to introduce a right-to-work law in Michigan now has a formally named sponsor, a big-pocketed, notorious advocate, and perhaps a new strategy. Last year, speculation was rampant...