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Marriott tower adds to Grand Rapids skyline
Date: Mar-30-2007
GRAND RAPIDS - The city's skyline can already boast the addition of the new 24-story, $120 million J.W. Marriott Hotel - even though it won't be completed until this fall....
News Briefs
Date: Mar-30-2007
Congress upholds prevailing wage WASHINGTON, D.C. - Every now and then, a vote comes up in our nation's capitol that measures support for the Davis-Bacon Act, which is the single...
Pension watchdog a habitual snoozer
Date: Mar-30-2007
Report: Labor Dept's. Pension enforcement still lacking WASHINGTON (PAI) - The Department of Labor agency that enforces the law covering workers' pension plans has holes in its enforcement, regularly loses...
Trades handle the air handlers
Date: Mar-30-2007
ANN ARBOR - A major program to replace chillers at the University of Michigan Hospital is wrapping up, all under the noses of the facility's patients and staff. Since mid-November,...
50 candles for the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council
Date: Mar-16-2007
LANSING - The Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council marks a milestone this month: 50 years of service to the state unionized construction workforce. The Building Tradesman Newspaper, which came...
Eagle Mine application has ground to a halt
Date: Mar-16-2007
The state permitting process for a proposed $100 million investment in the Kennecott Eagle Project Mine in Marquette County has come to an abrupt pause. The Michigan Department of Environmental...
Employee Free Choice Act passes House; but now comes the hard part
Date: Mar-16-2007
WASHINGTON (PAI) - With a boost from the new Democratic majority, the House passed the Employee Free Choice Act, designed to help level the playing field between workers and managers...
News Briefs
Date: Mar-16-2007
Welcome sent out to IBEW 275 We send out a hearty "welcome back" to members of IBEW Local 275, whose members have voted to subscribe to The Building Tradesman Newspaper....
New Soo lock is dead in the water?
Date: Mar-16-2007
The Bush Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers are apparently not inclined to recommend the movement of federal money to build a new $340 million lock in Sault Ste....
New York unionists push for 9/11 victim health care funds
Date: Mar-16-2007
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer NEW YORK (PAI) - Last year, John Sferazo, an Ironworker from Local 361 in Brooklyn, who helped clean up debris from "The Pile" -...