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Wage increases take a slight dip
Date: Jul-25-2003
Average first-year contract settlements for wage and benefits in the U.S. construction industry in the first half of 2003 have resulted in increases of $1.45 or 4.3 percent - a...
Health care dilemma highlights ABC's various shortcomings
Date: Jul-11-2003
Tradesman Viewpoint Around this time every year, we learn a little bit about what's on the plate for the coming year for the anti-union Associated Builders and Contractors after they...
Inspiring work by masons working at Islamic Center
Date: Jul-11-2003
The Islamic Center of America mosque in Dearborn is beset by a shortage of money to complete the $15 project - but fortunately there was no shortage of talent among...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jul-11-2003
Wage survey needs help from contractors The building trades are knee-deep in the effort to help the U.S. Department of Labor get an accurate assessment of prevailing wage rates across...
New use for old NMU fieldhouse
Date: Jul-11-2003
MARQUETTE - Tom Izzo's old basketball court stomping ground is being turned into office space. Renovations are ongoing to transform the 130,000-square-foot Northern Michigan University's Hedgecock Fieldhouse into a multi-story...
Repeal prevailing wage? Any savings 'likely to be small,' researcher says
Date: Jul-11-2003
LANSING - A coalition of statewide union construction industry organizations recently organized their first-ever prevailing wage orientation session for state legislators entitled, "Don't be fooled by the newest shell game...
'This bill is horrible' Trades won't breathe easier under asbestos plan
Date: Jul-11-2003
Editor's note: For months, the labor movement, the business community, and Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been wrangling over streamlining the asbestosis litigation process through the creation of a...
Two firms slammed for 'willful disregard of worker safety' after Ford Field fatality
Date: Jul-11-2003
The horrific death of painter Gjon Gojcac at Ford Field nearly a year ago resulted in penalties and citations totaling more than a half-million dollars against two companies that were...
Carhartt's blue jean promotion fits trades to a 'T'
Date: Jun-27-2003
The Carhartt Co. isn't normally in the business of giving its products away. But that's what the work clothes manufacturer did on June 5, when more than 500 construction workers...
Hilton Garden Inn construction is a rarity for Detroit
Date: Jun-27-2003
The resurgent Harmonie Park area of Detroit is getting a new tenant, the $26 million Hilton Garden Inn. The first hotel to be built in the City of Detroit...