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The Building Tradesman Newspaper Editions
Helping working families leads Dems' priorities, but vetos loom
Date: Dec-08-2006
WASHINGTON (PAI) - The Republican-run 109th Congress has yet to stagger to a conclusion - it returns for another lame-duck session in early December. But incoming Democratic lawmakers have already...
Maybe it's time for a new/old idea: fixing labor laws
Date: Dec-08-2006
By Stuart Appelbaum It is no secret that the Democratic national election victory has less to do with who the Democrats are than who they are not. But while voter...
MGM-Detroit Hardhats rock; roll in dough for homeless
Date: Dec-08-2006
A tip of the hard hat to the men and women in the building trades constructing the new MGM Grand Casino in Detroit. At a jobsite luncheon served on Nov....
NAFTA, 12 years later…Workers are still waiting for the benefits to kick in
Date: Dec-08-2006
A labor-backed research association published a study this fall revealing that adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has had a "perverse" impact on the distribution of income,...
News Briefs
Date: Dec-08-2006
Kennecott ruling moved to 2007 A preliminary ruling had been expected in late November on the nickel and copper mine proposed for the Yellow Dog Plains in northwestern Marquette County,...
Trades on track with fast-track casino
Date: Dec-08-2006
PETOSKEY - One of the largest construction projects in this area's recent history is moving along, very quickly, in the form of a new $140 million casino for the Little...
What's up with the holes in those beams?
Date: Dec-08-2006
SAGINAW - The familiar wide flange structural steel beam hasn't changed much over the past century. It's the near-perfect combination of simplicity, strength and efficiency in structural building design. So...
Duchess of York leaves good impression on plasterers
Date: Nov-24-2006
Two Plasterers Local 67 members enjoyed a unique opportunity to welcome a duchess to Detroit. Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, who was married to Prince Andrew and has two...
'Extraordinary' union vote fuels election results in Michigan
Date: Nov-24-2006
Union members in political "battleground" states rode the nationwide current toward Democrats in Congress and away from Republicans, a poll conducted on Election Night, Nov. 7 shows. And in Michigan,...
Major fight brewing on free trade pacts
Date: Nov-24-2006
WASHINGTON (PAI) - The incoming 110th Congress, with a Democratic-run House and a 51-49 Democratic edge in the Senate, will see "a major fight" on trade, three newly elected lawmakers...