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News Briefs
Date: Feb-16-2007
Low trend for trade unions Long-term trends for union penetration in the construction industry may be stabilizing, but they're still not good. In our last issue, we reported that the...
Senate passes minimum wage hike, adds tax breaks
Date: Feb-16-2007
WASHINGTON (PAI) - By a 94-3 vote on Feb. 1, the new Democratic-run Senate approved the first raise in the federal minimum wage in a decade. But to get enough...
Trades, contractors send message to MSU: thanks
Date: Feb-16-2007
EAST LANSING - At a reception with Michigan State University officials held Thursday, Jan. 18, Mid-Michigan Construction Alliance (MMCA) members thanked the University for its utilization of the union construction...
Tribe appreciates union skills at Four Winds Casino
Date: Feb-16-2007
NEW BUFFALO TWP. - A new hotel and casino are blowing into the extreme southwest corner of the state, in the form of the Four Winds Casino Resort, which is...
Labor keeps an eye on new 110th Congress
Date: Feb-02-2007
WASHINGTON - Three months after organized labor played a big part in helping Democrats take control of Congress - and two weeks after House Dems successfully pushed through their "first...
Nation's unionization rate continues decline
Date: Feb-02-2007
The nation's unionization rate continued to fall in 2006, as 12 percent of employed wage and salary workers were union members, compared to 12.5 percent at the end of 2005....
News Briefs
Date: Feb-02-2007
Jobless claims are taxable With tax season approaching, the Michigan Unemployment Agency reminds those who received jobless benefits in 2006 that those earnings are taxable. "Unemployment benefits are taxable, and...
Providence Park progresses
Date: Feb-02-2007
- Michigan's hospital construction boom has been relentless in recent years, with the St. John Providence Park Hospital campus a typical example. The 500,000 square-foot, $224-million hospital will include 200...
Sluggish protective equipment rule brings union lawsuit
Date: Feb-02-2007
The United Food and Commercial Workers and the AFL-CIO sued the U.S. Department of Labor in a federal court last month to force the agency to complete rulemaking governing personal...
U.S. construction for '06 on the level
Date: Feb-02-2007
New U.S. construction starts increased 2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $626.9 billion, according to a Jan. 25 report by McGraw-Hill Construction. For the full year...