By Paul Gieleghem State Representative, 31st District Dear Brothers and Sisters of Labor: Nov. 7, 2000 will be the most important election of the decade in Michigan. The Legislature we...

Sometimes, it's satisfying to know you're getting under somebody's skin - especially when the epidermis belongs to the ABC. In a June 20 memo to members written under the headline,...

MARQUETTE - The Peter White Public Library, a repository for books for nearly a century, is getting a little more shelf space. The largest public library in the Upper Peninsula...

Labor Day Parade set for Sept. 1 Make plans to attend the 2000 edition of the Detroit Labor Day parade, scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 4....

By Michael McBride Locked-out Detroit News Reporter The boycott of the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press will continue as the unions involved in the five-year-old labor dispute appeal a...

Congresswoman Debbie Stabenow is challenging incumbent Sen. Spencer Abraham in the 2000 race for U.S. Senate. While serving in the Michigan legislature and in Congress, Stabenow has been on the...

By Professor Daniel Kruger MSU School of Labor and Industrial Relations The political season is upon us. Television, radio and newspapers present an ongoing stream of articles and ads on...

Some tradesmen golf, fish or play softball in their spare time. Others - well, only one that we know of - climb into a high-tech boat cockpit and competitively race...

"Class." "Dignity." "Integrity." "Decency." Those were among the words used by business associates to describe Cement Masons Local 514 Business Manager Elvin Atkins, Sr. on the occasion of his July...

By John Hamilton President Detroit Building Trades Council For me, the month of January 1999 was the start of my three-year term as president of The Greater Detroit Building Trades...