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Granholm signs road worker safety laws
Date: Jan-23-2004
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Jan. 9 signed a legislative package that is designed to strengthen road worker safety laws. Granholm signed into law House Bill 5089, which gives...
'I don't think they care…' Levin assails GOP for not extending jobless benefits
Date: Jan-23-2004
Congressman Sander Levin acknowledged that the agenda for his Jan. 14 visit to the IBEW Local 58 hall in Detroit was a blatant attempt to shame President Bush and Republicans...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jan-23-2004
Race to the bottom extends below Mexico TOLEDO, Ohio (PAI) - Shouldn't we have expected this? Faced with their jobs being sent from Mexico to China, the 10,000 union workers...
State decides it is better to receive than to give away federal highway money
Date: Jan-23-2004
LANSING - Michigan needs to spend an additional $700 million a year on its highway system to improve road and bridge conditions, expand key routes to relieve traffic congestion and...
Trades restore Hill Auditorium's lost luster
Date: Jan-23-2004
ANN ARBOR - A 20-month renovation project by the building trades and the Christman Co. has restored Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus to its original grandeur. Designed...
Auto show 2004 Trades light up Cobo Center
Date: Jan-09-2004
Few construction jobs are as sought-after as those setting up Detroit's North American International Auto Show. Cobo Center offers a climate-controlled environment during cold weather and interesting work. More than...
'If the economy picks up…'A familiar refrain to construction industry hoping for a better 2004
Date: Jan-09-2004
As the odometer flips into 2004, Michigan's construction industry seems to be settling into an unwelcome, stagnant pattern that exhibits an excess of "what-ifs" and a serious shortage of opportunities...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jan-09-2004
'Freedom Tower' planned for NYC NEW YORK - The "Freedom Tower" has been chosen as the design to replace the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan, and if constructed, would...
Overtime ban gets stay of execution, but prospects are poor
Date: Jan-09-2004
WASHINGTON (PAI)- President George W. Bush's plan to cut eight million U.S. workers from eligibility for overtime pay isn't quite a done deal, as we reported last month. But it's...
Scaffold safety: Don't let what goes up, come down
Date: Jan-09-2004
By Jerry Faber Safety Director AGC-SE Michigan It is estimated that protecting workers from scaffold-related accidents would prevent 4,500 injuries and 50 deaths each year, according to the Occupational Safety...