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....

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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....

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" -...