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NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jun-08-2001
Jeffords' switch restores balance WASHINGTON - The state of affairs in our nation's capital just go a little more balanced for organized labor and all working people. U.S. Sen. James...
'Protection of the construction worker is clearly a matter of politics'
Date: Jun-08-2001
The construction industry was exempt from the recent and short-lived OSHA ergonomic standard. Why? Is it the work environment at a construction site already in better ergonomic order than general...
Rebate checks (may be) coming
Date: Jun-08-2001
Looking forward to your tax rebate check? It may not deliver all that's promised. Last month, Congress passed President Bush's tax cut, with the word that by this summer, the...
Study offers disquieting news about hearing mentality in trades
Date: Jun-08-2001
Hearing loss is one of the most common maladies affecting construction workers - and one of the most easily preventable. New research out by the National Institute for Occupational Safety...
Summer's here, and time is right for 'Give 'em a Brake' campaign
Date: Jun-08-2001
Doubling traffic fines, increasing highway signage and heightened promotional campaigns have been employed in recent years as ways to improve safety for road workers. All the efforts are aimed at...
Trades' issues grow cold on the back burner
Date: Jun-08-2001
The U.S. construction industry was supposed to get its own standard for dealing with noise on job sites in 1983 - and today, we're still waiting. The extensive ergonomics standard...
Additional safety inspectors proposed
Date: May-25-2001
LANSING - Legislation is in the works to improve worker safety by getting tough on employers who break state safety laws. State Sen. Brenda Scott announced the legislation earlier this...
IBEW, NECA dedicate new training center
Date: May-25-2001
"If I went to a school like this, imagine how smart I would be," one Local 58 retiree joked during the May 12 open house/dedication at the IBEW/NECA Apprenticeship Training...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: May-25-2001
Tradesman trying improve mailing Over the past few months, we have heard from a number of union offices around the state about late mail delivery of The Building Tradesman. Local...
Project labor agreement at work as Mott Tech Center gets topped out
Date: May-25-2001
FLINT - The last major section of steel was installed at Mott Community College's Regional Technology Center on May 15, moving the school a step forward toward supplying trained workers...