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More discouraging numbers for union employment
Date: Feb-07-2020
For the second straight year, Michigan - not long ago a stronghold for organized labor - saw its unionization numbers decline at a rate higher than the national average. U.S....
News Briefs
Date: Feb-07-2020
U.S. construction back where it started Before the 2019 construction year fades from the rear-view mirror, Dodge Data and Analytics reported on Jan. 21 that for the entire year, U.S....
Royal Oak workers, police await new City Hall, police HQ
Date: Feb-07-2020
ROYAL OAK - Over much of the past year, the city's Civic Center has never looked so good - at least to building trades workers and their contractor-employers. Scores of...
Whitmer announces $3.5B in bonds to fix roads
Date: Feb-07-2020
LANSING - Michigan's road workers and their contractors can look forward to an even busier building season in 2020 - and beyond - as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a $3.5...
With 'New NAFTA' done, lack of worker protection will likely trip China deal
Date: Feb-07-2020
WASHINGTON (PAI)— President Trump signed the rebooted North America Free Trade Agreement (New NAFTA) on the south lawn of the White House on Jan. 29. And the finalized U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement...
You don't need a reason - 'tis the season to vote absentee
Date: Feb-07-2020
You don't want to forget to vote in Michigan's presidential primary on Tuesday, March 10? Check. You don't want to start your day earlier or get home later by having...
Economy solid as new year starts; lackluster wage hikes still concern
Date: Jan-24-2020
Many of the major economic markers have been calculated for 2019, and with the exception of wage growth, the results show an all-around healthy U.S. economy. So said the labor-backed...
Hated 'Cadillac Tax' meets its demise
Date: Jan-24-2020
WASHINGTON D.C. - The "Cadillac Tax" is finally dead. Funeral services took place in Congress in December, with both the House and Senate adopting a spending bill that included repeal...
News Briefs
Date: Jan-24-2020
Republicans- 3, Dems- 0 on NLRB National Labor Relations Board Member Lauren McFerran’s term expired on Dec. 16, leaving what is supposed to be a worker watchdog agency without a Democratic...
On the Mackinac Bridge... Scaffold system recognized for giving painters safe place to work
Date: Jan-24-2020
ST. IGNACE - In the depths of a Michigan winter, let's think warm-weather thoughts about our state's most recognizable symbol - and it's greatest engineering masterpiece. Last year the project...