Employers get a break; Workers get the shaft "Michigan to slice state jobless taxes in 2001 - Employers to save $200 million," trumpeted a recent press release from the state...

We still didn't know at press time who the next president will be, but it's not difficult to speculate what our nation's capital will be like given the evenly divided...

LANSING - In the months before the Nov. 7 general election, there were dire predictions from leaders in the Democratic Party about the consequences of not bringing a democratic majority...

Faster than Desmond Howard returns kickoffs, the building trades and construction manager Hunt-Jenkins are moving on an accelerated schedule to complete Ford Field, the new home of the Detroit Lions....

Next stop for the Express Tram system: The new Midfield Terminal at Metro Airport in Romulus. Four 33,000-lb. tram cars were lowered through a 15- by 60-foot hole in the...

There isn't much reason for optimism about the direction of our state or our nation after the Nov. 7 election. For the next two years, at least, the State of...

It's not every week or even every year that a national publication devotes so much attention to a serious medical problem that affects building trades workers. So it was good...

73 pints after 636 blood drive The American Red Cross tapped into a blood drive sponsored by Pipe Fitters, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Service Local 636 and yielded 73 pints...

Congratulations, America. We did it. In the Nov. 7 election, our nation's voters managed to make an election so close for the presidency and in both house of Congress that...

The Detroit Building Trades on Nov. 2 honored three retired labor leaders who left a legacy of good service to unionism. During a luncheon at the Gaelic League in Detroit,...