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Men built the Mackinac Bridge, but money made it happen
Date: Oct-26-2007
ST. IGNACE - The biggest obstacle to building the Mackinac Bridge wasn't necessarily about politics, engineering, logistics or finding good manpower. No, the biggest obstacle was convincing skeptical financiers in...
Mighty Mac's chief engineer: 'Finest, safest, and most beautiful bridge the world has ever seen'
Date: Oct-26-2007
The following is a condensed article written by D.B. Steinman, the chief engineer of the Mackinac Bridge. It originally appeared in Lawrence A. Rubin's book Mighty Mac, The Official Picture...
More Mackinac memories…'They showed what union people can do'
Date: Oct-26-2007
Following are comments made this year by workers about their experiences building the Mackinac Bridge. These first-hand accounts originally were published in a booklet handed out at the 50th anniversary...
News Briefs
Date: Oct-26-2007
Lower increases for wages, bennies Collectively bargained wage and benefit increases in the U.S. construction industry for the first nine months of 2007 took a slight dip compared to the...
News Briefs
Date: Oct-26-2007
Lower increases for wages, bennies Collectively bargained wage and benefit increases in the U.S. construction industry for the first nine months of 2007 took a slight dip compared to the...
SCHIP is off the block: OP stops expansion of health care for kids
Date: Oct-26-2007
WASHINGTON - Some 4 million children lost a chance to have health care coverage when the House voted on Oct. 18 and failed to overturn President Bush's veto of the...
Bush vetoes health care expansion for children
Date: Oct-12-2007
President Bush on Oct. 3 vetoed the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) renewal bill. Bush turned a political deaf ear to many leading Republican lawmakers who joined with nearly...
DTE-Monroe partners latest to sign on for safety
Date: Oct-12-2007
MONROE - Construction workers performing the ongoing environmental upgrades at Detroit Edison's Monroe Power Plant are the latest beneficiaries of an enhanced jobsite safety program. On Sept. 19, Detroit Edison,...
News Briefs
Date: Oct-12-2007
NLRB OKs wider lawsuits vs. unions WASHINGTON (PAI) - The Republican majority on the National Labor Relations Board pushed the door wide open for companies to file lawsuits against unions...
The health care crisis '47 million of us cannot afford to get sick'
Date: Oct-12-2007
By John Sweeney AFL-CIO President Unions. Yes, we're the folks who brought you the weekend. And we're the folks whose collective bargaining has maintained upward pressure on wages and benefits...