ANN ARBOR - Things are looking up in the city's South University District. Traditionally known for its low-rise buildings, Ann Arborites and University of Michigan students are watching as 12-...

Asbestos bill gets better LANSING – Lobbying by building trades union reps has, for now, helped successfully water down a state bill that would have imposed greater time and paperwork...

LANSING - Save Michigan's prevailing wage law? Check. Rebuild our crumbling infrastructure? Check. Elect a labor-friendly state Legislature? Check.  Those three subjects were atop the to-do list by nearly every...

LANSING - The initial fate of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act will be determined in the next few days with the issuance of two key state rulings on an effort...

LANSING - "It's time to drop our shield, pick up our sword and go on offense for a while." That's not an original quote from Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber,...

LANSING - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer certainly knew her audience: labor union representatives who live in a state with horrible roads and under a government whose majority strongly dislikes...

The AFL-CIO is opposed, "in the strongest possible terms," to a new proposed Department of Labor regulation that would allow restaurant owners to pocket the tips of millions of tipped...

While local, county and state road crews have been hard at work across the state during our incredible 2018 winter pothole season, the Michigan Department of Transportation has also been...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new "composite" option is in the works to address the growing fiscal shortcomings in the nation's multiemployer pension plans. It's called the Give Retirement Options to...

Bowling benefit for U-M cancer center  CHELSEA  – The Ann Arbor Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Center’s Union 4 Life breast cancer charity will host its annual Charity Bowling Night on Saturday,...