ANN ARBOR - When the odometer flipped on a new century in 1900, 15 men gathered to accept the charter granted by International Union, which was then called the United...

The construction industry continued to lead the nation in 1999 in a most unwelcome category - worker deaths. There were 1,190 fatalities in the U.S. construction industry in 1999 -...

NLRB says temps can organize Building trades organizing efforts were bolstered by an Aug. 30 National Labor Relations Board ruling that said temporary workers no longer need permission from either...

With the airwaves filled with election rhetoric already for much of the year, few Americans would mind if we returned to the tradition of making Labor Day the kickoff point...

Jeremy Hughes, superintendent of Dearborn Schools, argues that education vouchers will not provide parents with the choice and competition in education that voucher proponents promise. He urges voter opposition to...

Every four years, Labor Day is traditionally the kickoff date for the presidential election season, and this year the first Monday in September has even more significance. The nation will...

Declaring "my focus is on working families," Al Gore accepted the Democratic nomination for U.S. president at the party's Los Angeles Convention last month. Union members made up 30 percent...

Laborers expand training center The Michigan Laborers District Council is getting more room to train. Representatives from Laborers locals from across the state attended a groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 17...

YPSILANTI - More than 1,500 United Association pipe trades instructors descended on Washtenaw Community College again this year, during the annual week-long Instructor Training Program Aug. 14-18. "This year we...

By Tim Hughes Michigan AFL-CIO Legislative Director The next elected Michigan legislature will draft a plan for reapportionment that will draw the legislative and congressional district lines for the next...