By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a strictly party-line vote – all 50 voting Republicans for, all 46 voting Democrats and both independents against – the Senate gave...

FLUSHING - The Michigan AFL-CIO delivered its endorsement of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer here on April 11 at the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 370 Training Center - a...

LANSING - There are 40 public-owned utilities in Michigan, and the Lansing Board of Water and Light (BWL), with a $350 million annual budget and 97,000 electric customers, is larger...

By Matthew Brown Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America On Jan. 22, 2018, Congress passed and the president signed into law a two-year delay of the “Cadillac Tax,”...

U.S. construction employment increased by 61,000 jobs in February to the highest level in nearly a decade. And rising pay rates enabled the industry to attract more workers, according to...

By Jacob Snyder Are we going to be able to get the people we need?” This is an all-too-familiar question that contractors and labor suppliers are being asked every day....

Teachers lose RTW appeal LANSING - There is still legal fallout from passage of the state's right-to-work laws in 2012. On March 21 the Michigan Supreme Court declined to hear...

LANSING - No news is good news as the Michigan Bureau of Elections staff continues a weeks-long effort to verify the validity of 4,443 signatures on petition sheets intended to...

By Marck Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer  WASHINGTON (PAI)—In an apparent big win for lower-income workers, the giant spending bill for the government for the rest of this fiscal year bans...

Michigan earned a D+ grade earlier this month with the release of the 2018 "Report Card for Michigan's Infrastructure." To a lot of people replacing bent rims and flat tires...