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IUPAT roll out welcome on new union hall/apprenticeship school
Date: Apr-04-2003
Painters District Council 22 held an open house at its new union hall and training center on March 19, and the building's layout said a great deal about the union's...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Apr-04-2003
U.S. trade union population takes a hit Membership in construction trade unions declined for the second straight year, dropping nearly a full percentage point from 2001 to 2002. The U.S....
Slight dip in the road for state highway spending
Date: Apr-04-2003
Road and bridge construction spending in Michigan will hit a speed bump this year, as state and federal legislators look to cut government spending wherever possible The state will be...
U.S. Senate Republicans deny extension of unemployment benefits
Date: Apr-04-2003
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans had an opportunity to provide a little more help to the nation's laid-off workers. They failed miserably - and unanimously. On March 25, an amendment to...
Jobless workers who need help now have a few more options
Date: Mar-21-2003
If you need to contact the Michigan Bureau of Workers and Unemployment Compensation (BWUC), following is some contact information: There are three new BWUC help centers around the state: Grand...
Michigan's unemployment system getting back on track
Date: Mar-21-2003
LANSING - Six weeks after David Plawecki addressed a group of building trades leaders and described how there was "no excuse" for the state's abysmal unemployment compensation customer service record,...
New Cass Tech building rises in old building's shadow
Date: Mar-21-2003
Going up next to the existing Cass Tech High School is the new Cass Tech High School, which will provide the school's students and faculty with a study in contrasting...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Mar-21-2003
NMU hosts 'management SOB' Northern Michigan University's Labor Education Program will host a labor-management business development seminar from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30. The featured presenter...
Sparrow expansion provides more room for patients and their cars
Date: Mar-21-2003
LANSING - An expansion project at Sparrow Hospital will provide more places for patients and the vehicles that bring them there. In January, Granger Construction and the building trades began...
CAM: Uncertain year awaits Michigan construction
Date: Mar-07-2003
"Lackluster." "Uncertainty." "Economic constraints." Those less-than-positive descriptions were used to help describe the current state of the State of Michigan's construction industry, in a report provided by the Construction Association...