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Old courthouse getting new space

Date: Apr-14-2000

FLINT - Genesee County's municipal, judicial and prosecutor offices are well on their way to getting some much-needed elbow room. On March 31, Local 25 iron workers and Johnson Steel...

Trades greet new president; Clinton urges more prosperity with Gore

Date: Apr-14-2000

WASHINGTON (PAI)-- President Clinton's agenda for his last year in office includes securing funding for Social Security and Medicare, especially prescription drug coverage, and rebuilding public schools. But the GOP-run...

Transportation tax, temps politics top trades agenda

Date: Apr-14-2000

WASHINGTON - Here's a sampling of what happened and what was heard at the annual AFL-CIO Building Trades Department Legislative Conference April 3-6, via Press Associates. Building Trades Department President...

Comerica Park construction 'rounding third, headed home

Date: Mar-31-2000

A highly ambitious construction schedule, a lot of 6 a.m. to midnight schedules and work by hundreds of talented building trades Hardhats will make sure Comerica Park is ready for...

Make sure you are counted in Census 2000

Date: Mar-31-2000

By Rep. Michael Hanley House Democratic Leader Wondering whether you make a difference? Well, believe me, when it comes to the census, you do! Census 2000 must reach every person...

NEWS BRIEFS

Date: Mar-31-2000

Pro-union actions spread at Wal-Mart The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) opened the first, tiny crack in the anti-union armor of Wal-Mart stores - and the crack may be...

NOVA Award celebrates industry's ingenuity

Date: Mar-31-2000

The ingenuity of construction workers received tip of the hat on March 16 amid hundreds of construction industry movers and shakers from around the world. "Throughout history, construction innovations have...

Rare, beautiful and durable - Greektown mosaic has it all

Date: Mar-31-2000

At the grand entrance of the Greektown Casino in Detroit, visitors will be walking all over a piece of art work that's rarely seen in modern construction. Which is just...

Safety inspector money here today, gone tomorrow

Date: Mar-31-2000

LANSING -A few Republicans in the Michigan House lined up with Democrats in an effort to help lower the state's alarming death and injury rate among workers. On March 21,...

'Between now and Election Day, each of us has a role to play'

Date: Mar-17-2000

LANSING - The labor vote is ripe for the taking. Most of the time, all you have to do is ask for it. That's the theory behind an effort undertaken...