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'New NAFTA' gets measured, good reviews from labor reserved
Date: Dec-14-2018
WASHINGTON (PAI)—The Trump administration’s “New NAFTA” contains many pro-worker improvements, but still has some remaining holes in worker protections, including the need to eliminate the last remaining vestige of the...
News Briefs
Date: Dec-14-2018
Michigan's jobless rate lowest since '00 Michigan's latest unemployment rate, announced at 3.9 percent on Nov. 21 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, is the lowest since 2000. But Michigan...
Labor braces for another year-end attack by GOP
Date: Nov-30-2018
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Masons rehab classic federal/postal building
Date: Nov-30-2018
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Michigan starts to lag a bit with autumnal drop in construction
Date: Nov-30-2018
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News Briefs
Date: Nov-30-2018
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Trades in concert at MSU Music Building expansion
Date: Nov-30-2018
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Will Dems finally go bold for nation's workers?
Date: Nov-30-2018
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BWL's substation offers high-voltage good looks
Date: Nov-16-2018
LANSING - If you're going to build an electrical substation, or a power plant, you might as well try to make it look nice. A nice form and a necessary...
Hopefully, just a little dip for Michigan construction
Date: Nov-16-2018
Over the past few years, Michigan has enjoyed strong construction employment and has typically been among the leaders among the states in job growth in that sector. But construction is...