Older Issues
The Building Tradesman Newspaper Editions
News Briefs
Date: Nov-24-2006
Greetings go out to Iron Workers Local 8 The Building Tradesman sends out a hearty to welcome members of Iron Workers Local 8, who are subscribing to the paper for...
Organized labor helps itself by electing friends
Date: Nov-24-2006
LANSING - Organized labor in Michigan was a major winner following the Nov. 7 general election. In the past several years, the threat of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's veto pen has...
SVSU readies for bigger Pioneer hall
Date: Nov-24-2006
SAGINAW - Saginaw Valley State University is sponsoring a $16 million project to make Pioneer Hall bigger, better - and greener. Construction manager Spence Brothers and the building trades are...
Teamsters: Kroger boycott still in place
Date: Nov-24-2006
(In our last issue, based on a Teamsters press release and our subsequent conversation with a media representative from the union, we reported that the union boycott of Kroger stores...
Voters' message: time to try a little tenderness towards workers
Date: Nov-24-2006
By Geoffrey D. Garin The economy and the state of working America certainly was not the only issue that drove the outcome of the 2006 elections, but economic issues certainly...
Men: it's time to talk prostate with your doctor
Date: Nov-10-2006
Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer among American men, especially African-Americans. By age 75, 50 to 75 percent of American men will have cancerous changes...
New heart, surgery center added to Ingham Regional
Date: Nov-10-2006
LANSING - Fifty percent growth in patient admissions over the last seven years has prompted growth in the Ingham Regional Medical Center. Ingham's new Chi Heart and Surgery Center, now...
News Briefs
Date: Nov-10-2006
Mighty Mac has 50-year logo Thanks to a great design and the good work of Michigan's building trades workers, our state's most recognizable landmark - the mighty Mackinac Bridge -...
Residential housing doldrums may bring 1st decline in U.S. construction in 16 years
Date: Nov-10-2006
Overall U.S. construction spending is expected to drop next year, led by a rapid decline in housing construction. So says a report released late last month by McGraw-Hill Construction, which...
The other shoe drops after anti-union NLRB decisions
Date: Nov-10-2006
(PAI) - The first in what could be a series of unhappy steps took place in conjunction with the National Labor Relations Board's Oakwood/Kentucky River decisions, in which nurses and...