Survey: safety matters more on union sites Construction firms that employ at least some union workers are more likely to perform safety best practices and undergo OSHA training than those with...

Through their words, votes and actions, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette have made clear their complete opposite stances on issues of importance to organized labor over the years....

STANDISH - Next year, if your arm gets tired after an evening of pushing slot machine buttons at the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino, a bed to stay the night will...

If the turnout for the Aug. 7 primary election is any indication, Michigan voters are highly motivated this year. If you and your family haven't been similarly motivated to vote...

DETROIT - The pipe trades industry has changed a bit since the Plumbers Association of Detroit was granted a charter by the United Association, creating Plumbers Local 98 in December...

U.S. construction spending inched higher from June to July, up 0.1 percent, but spending was up 5.2 percent since the beginning of the year. On the jobs side, construction employment...

In 2012 she called the state's right-to-work law "petty and vindictive politics at its most disgusting." He supports right-to-work, and as the state's attorney general in 2013 went out of...

(Editor's note: Ken Bradshaw is an Army veteran and a 34-year retired member of Iron Workers Local 8 in the Upper Peninsula. More than a year after the dedication of...

New details on Gordie Howe Bridge A great deal of demolition, utility and civil work has already taken place in preparation of construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between...

Michigan's option for straight-ticket voting is no more. A federal Appeals Court ruling on Sept. 5 cleared the way to prevent voters from picking all Democrats or all Republicans on...