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Race is on to complete MIS expansion
Date: Mar-18-2005
BROOKLYN - The largest sports venue in the state is about to get a little larger. The building trades and Elrod Construction are in the process of erecting a new...
Revival plan for state focuses on construction spending
Date: Mar-18-2005
LANSING - How can Michigan's workers survive and attempt to thrive in an incredibly difficult economic environment? There weren't any easy answers to that question, but speakers at the 47th...
Road money increase around the bend - and a fairer system, too?
Date: Mar-18-2005
Michigan will be receiving more money to fix roads and bridges, and spending fairness among the states may be on the way to becoming a little more equitable. The House...
Study: PLAs are cost-neutral, but ultimately benefit unions
Date: Mar-18-2005
LANSING - Are construction industry project labor agreements the "Gift of God or Work of the Devil?" That was how Associate Professor Dr. Dale Belman of the Michigan State University...
Trades, Barton Malow help Whitmore Lake high school go green
Date: Mar-18-2005
WHITMORE LAKE - One of the foremost applications in Michigan for "building green" is shaping up in the form of this city's new high school. A growing student population in...
Bricklayers, Roofers say bigger unions aren't better
Date: Mar-04-2005
Two of Michigan's largest general contractors - Barton-Malow and Walbridge- Aldinger - were tapped earlier this month to oversee construction of two of the state's largest construction projects. The jobs...
Bush wants more union watchdogs
Date: Mar-04-2005
With a record federal deficit and an incredibly tight budget for 2005-2006, President Bush is proposing to give the Labor Department more money in the new federal budget. And he...
Campaign to privatize Social Security: lies, damn lies and statistics
Date: Mar-04-2005
By Don McIntosh The Northwest Labor Press Special to PAI WASHINGTON (PAI) - The details are dense, a little complex, and take time to digest. But the retirement security of...
News Briefs
Date: Mar-04-2005
Bush-backed bill curbs class-actions WASHINGTON (PAI) - President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have adopted a "reform" bill that sharply curbs the legal rights of individual Americans in favor of...
Speed bump ahead for Michigan's road spending?
Date: Mar-04-2005
OSHA is union blind. Michigan's transportation plan for the next five years will spend $5.9 billion on the repair and maintenance of state roads through 2009 - with much lower...