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'Working North America has held up its end of the bargain'
Date: Aug-30-2002
By Edwin Hill IBEW International President We're in the middle of what might be called the patriotic season. In early July we celebrated Canada Day and Independence Day, and on...
Another busy season for road work(ers)
Date: Aug-16-2002
$1.5 billion keeps trades active around the state With $1.5 billion being spent to repair and rebuild Michigan's roads this year, Hardhats working on building and improving the state's streets...
Congress gives final OK to Fast Track
Date: Aug-16-2002
WASHINGTON (PAI) - Congress yielded to pressure from the business community and the Bush Administration and gave final approval to fast-track trade authority for the president. The key vote came...
Election Year 2002: November ballot features Granholm vs. Postuhumus, other important races
Date: Aug-16-2002
A contentious primary among a field of strong candidates race for governor brought forth Jennifer Granholm, who easily won the Democratic nomination on Aug. 6. Granholm won 48 percent of...
Greatest challenge to installing new pollution controls at Monroe Power Plant is the plant itself
Date: Aug-16-2002
MONROE - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's nationwide drive to reduce fossil fuel power plant emissions has brought about a remarkably complex and costly engineering and construction project that will...
Labor Day 2002 celebrations scheduled
Date: Aug-16-2002
On Monday, Sept. 2, make plans to attend Labor Day celebrations in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Marquette and Muskegon. The Detroit parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m., with the building trades...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Aug-16-2002
Nation's electric grid under strain Five years ago, the U.S. electrical generation industry was straining to keep up with ever-increasing demand. Today, after a four-year-long boom in power plant construction,...
Save-a-Life Club invites you to join
Date: Aug-16-2002
By Susan Carter MCTSI Executive Director For decades Michigan's building trades have relied on classes on first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and now automated external defibrillation (AED) from the Michigan...
Appeals court allows Bush to bar PLAs on federal jobs
Date: Aug-02-2002
Building trades unions absorbed a huge wallop in the courts on July 12, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld President Bush's Executive Order...
Election Time: Michigan Primary scheduled for Aug. 6
Date: Aug-02-2002
Most people don't bother to vote in November general elections. It's even more difficult to convince voters to go to the polls during the height of vacation season - the...