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Construction unions reverse declines in membership
Date: Feb-22-2008
Construction unions experienced an uptick in union density in 2007 that outpaced the rest of organized labor. According to figures released Jan. 25 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),...
Granholm makes push for energy alternatives
Date: Feb-22-2008
WARREN - Two days after using her State of the State address to declare that Michigan "can be the alternative energy capital of North America," Gov. Jennifer Granholm chose the...
High praise for union work at new Royal Oak high-rise
Date: Feb-22-2008
ROYAK OAK - A new residential tower dubbed the Fifth Royal Oak stands tall in this city - and in the opinion of the property developer, so do the union...
News Briefs
Date: Feb-22-2008
AFL-CIO sues Bush DOL over reporting rules WASHINGTON (PAI) - The AFL-CIO has sued President Bush's Labor Department in an effort to overturn its new rules that force union officers...
On mountaintops or at work: no risk, no reward
Date: Feb-22-2008
Recently there has been much media attention on the risks, rewards and consequences of mountain climbing. Thus I share a personal story and its relationship to labor-management risk taking and...
State utility deregulation law blocks billions in Michigan construction
Date: Feb-22-2008
LANSING - Lower utility prices and more choice for consumers. Those were the major enticements for passage of Public Act 141, The Electric Restructuring Act, adopted in 2000 by the...
Why hike wages when taxpayers can borrow their own money?
Date: Feb-22-2008
By Jim Marcinkowski Financial columnists and the media in general have nothing but high praise for the "big-time benefits" working people will receive as a result of the federal economic...
Chilly building trades ramp up work on Gerald Ford airport parking deck
Date: Feb-08-2008
GRAND RAPIDS - Things are looking up at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, where reinforced concrete columns poking up from frozen ground marks the first stage of construction of a...
Nation's union membership sees rare, slight jump
Date: Feb-08-2008
The nation's labor movement received a glimmer of good news on Jan. 25, as the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that union membership experienced a rare increase in...
News Briefs
Date: Feb-08-2008
Construction pay remains steady Pay and benefit levels in the U.S. construction industry flattened out in 2007 - but at a pretty high level - according to the Construction Labor...