Building trades workers are encouraged to join with their fellow union members and celebrate Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 4. Labor Day celebrations will be held this year in Detroit,...

DETROIT - Leave it to a handful of skilled masons to repair some of cracks in the federal justice system. OK, that's taking a little editorial license with what's really...

Low wages jobs migrate out of China Remember when Mexico's low wages were the magnet for job-moving manufacturers in the U.S.? Then, when China opened its borders and the world...

The radio show "Answer the Question" is a small start in the battle against corporate media giants, and the crush of conservative talk on the airwaves - but it's a...

WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Senate was busy before its summer recess, blocking a bill that tied together a minimum wage hike with providing estate tax relief. The Senate voted...

WASHINGTON D.C. - Multi-employer pension plans like those used by building trades unions and their contractors are not nearly in the same sorry shape as many single-employer plans such as...

WASHINGTON - Here's a good news/bad news scenario on U.S. pension plans. First the good news: Congress is closing in on a sweeping new plan that would tighten rules for...

LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm collected an endorsement and commitments of campaign cash amounting to $144,500 from Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council (MBCTC) unions. Paying a July 19 visit...

By Harry Kelber Over the past five years, President Bush's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board have taken away or "severely restricted" the rights of millions of workers to...

U.S. construction jumps in first half New U.S. construction starts in June dropped 5%, but for the first half of 2006, total construction jumped to $344 billion, or an increase...