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Billions in utility construction hinge on repeal of state law
Date: Apr-04-2008
Adopted in 2000, Public Act 141, The Electric Restructuring Act, partially deregulated Michigan's electrical industry. The act was supposed to lead to enhanced competition, greater choice and lower costs for...
From oldest to newest, Bell Hospital makes modern movement
Date: Apr-04-2008
ISHPEMING - Constructed in 1917, Bell Memorial Hospital is believed to be the oldest active hospital building in the state, and is nearing the end of its lifespan as a...
Lots of energy at building trades conference
Date: Apr-04-2008
LANSING - Politics and power dominated the conversation at the 49th legislative conference of the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council. Held March 19-20, the conference emphasized the importance of...
New BT president stresses worker accountability
Date: Apr-04-2008
LANSING -AFL-CIO Building Trades Department President Mark Ayers took shots at President Bush, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, and the general anti-union culture of conservatives. But during his March 19...
News Briefs
Date: Apr-04-2008
Road workers get ready to rumble Building trades road workers, get ready to rumble. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced March 28 it is starting a three- year, $8...
Progressive, labor groups to Spend at least $150m on election
Date: Apr-04-2008
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI) - Progressive groups nationwide, including the AFL-CIO, plan to spend at least $150 million - and could spend double that - on...
You're a union Hardhat: define yourself
Date: Apr-04-2008
By Mark Breslin Character is a quality most usually associated with people. As a professional negotiator, advocate and strategist for 25 years, it is now the first assessment I make...
IBEW organizing blitz sparks union interest in Florida
Date: Mar-21-2008
In the 22 years he has been a union organizer for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Muskegon native Jim Rudicil has preached "using all the tools in your toolbox"...
Labor makes other plans while presidential race sorts itself out
Date: Mar-21-2008
WASHINGTON (PAI) - Clinton? Obama? Or (highly unlikely) McCain? The AFL-CIO has reaffirmed that it won't be endorsing a candidate for president before there's more of a consensus choice among...
Michigan State OKs PLAs, responsible contractor language
Date: Mar-21-2008
EAST LANSING - The Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Feb. 22 put into place a framework for the use of project labor agreements (PLA) for major campus construction...