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Defined road work zones strengthen law in Michigan
Date: Dec-26-2003
In Michigan, state lawmakers are answering the question, where does a construction zone begin? That question has never been an issue until earlier this year, when a Macomb Township woman...
'Do no harm?' New Medicare law may be a cure worse than the disease
Date: Dec-26-2003
By U.S. Rep. John Dingell Ranking member, Energy and Commerce Committee When the president signed into law the Medicare bill that barely passed Congress, he performed radical experimental surgery that...
Hand sanitizers and more toilets = a more sanitary jobsite
Date: Dec-26-2003
Editor's note: An article we published last month said that with the worker-friendly Gov. Granholm Administration in place, appointees to the Michigan Construction Standards Commission may be more receptive to...
Industry leaders put construction safety on agenda
Date: Dec-26-2003
LANSING - Michigan's construction workers may not know it, but they have a day dedicated to their safety. The 13th annual Michigan Construction Safety Day will be held Tuesday, Jan....
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Dec-26-2003
Book-Cadillac work expected to resume Construction workers are expected to be back in the Book-Cadillac hotel beginning the week of Jan. 5. Hazardous materials abatement work started at the historic...
Republican inaction brings long, cold winter for nation's jobless
Date: Dec-26-2003
WASHINGTON D.C. - For the second year in a row, Congressional Republicans are leaving Washington for the year without extending the federal Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program, allowing the...
Trades fix fabulous Fox's fascia
Date: Dec-26-2003
The interior of Detroit's Fox Theatre was magnificently renovated in the late 1980s. Now, it's the exterior's turn to shine. BAC Local 1 masons and support crafts from restoration contractor...
Bush gets his way as workers lose overtime benefits
Date: Dec-12-2003
Nothing can stop one of the most obnoxious rules affecting working people in U.S. history. As many as eight million U.S. workers could be affected by the rule, which has...
Bush puts nation over a (pork) barrel
Date: Dec-12-2003
WASHINGTON - Not long ago, Republicans were the self-proclaimed "party of fiscal responsibility." They stood for the elimination of the federal deficits, reduced government spending and lower taxes. They've been...
Labor, allies fear the wrong diagnosis for Medicare plan
Date: Dec-12-2003
Organized labor and most of its allies in Congress heartily dislike the sweeping new $400 billion Medicare bill passed by Congress on Nov. 25. Oddly enough, for entirely different reasons,...