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Bracelet drawing benefits St. Rita
Date: Feb-02-2001
Building trades workers and Pointe Jewelry pitched in during the holiday season to raise $10,010 for "The House" at St. Rita, an inner-city Detroit parish that provides food and a...
GM thinks big with new Grand River Assembly Plant
Date: Feb-02-2001
LANSING -For the first time in 15 years, General Motors is building a new assembly plant on U.S. soil. But when they get around to building 'em, they build 'em...
Labor finds Chao a better choice
Date: Feb-02-2001
It seems as if organized labor has a Labor Department secretary it can live with. President George W. Bush selected former Deputy Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to be Secretary of...
Makeover, maintenance, fortify Detroit's 'defining' skyscraper
Date: Feb-02-2001
The 77-story Marriot Hotel at the GM Renaissance Center may the tallest building in the state, but the cylindrical smoked-glass tower is a little short on character. The same can't...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Feb-02-2001
Local 98's Barnhart enters retirement Jim Barnhart, long-time officer at Plumbers Local 98, eased into retirement on Jan. 12 during a party given in his honor at Eastpointe Manor. He...
OSHA hopes to save lives with new steel erection rules
Date: Feb-02-2001
Improved on-the-job safeguards for the nation's iron workers and other Hardhats are on the way under new rules adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The new rule on...
St. John building to consolidate cancer treatment
Date: Feb-02-2001
More convenient care for cancer patients is on the way to the St. John Health System, with the construction of the 69,000-square-foot Van Elslander Cancer Center. Located on the eastern...
Union membership slide resumes after 2 even years
Date: Feb-02-2001
Despite the unprecedented allocation of resources for union organizing over the last decade, union membership numbers continue to fall in Michigan and around the nation. The U.S. Bureau of Labor...
Big chill project revives Ottawa Street Station
Date: Jan-19-2001
LANSING - The fortunes of the Lansing Board of Water and Light's Ottawa Street Station have turned from hot to cold. And that's a good thing for the preservation of...
Bush extends fist to workers with Labor Dept. pick
Date: Jan-19-2001
Earlier this month, President-Elect George W. Bush dropped a bomb on organized labor in the form of Linda Chavez, his candidate for Labor Department secretary, who regulates how the nation's...