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Trades' work sets up Wayne Assembly for new Bronco
Date: Jan-24-2020
WAYNE - The Bronco is back. And building trades union workers worked a 24-hour, two-week shutdown over the holidays in the plant where it will be built, as part of...
U.S. construction is on course
Date: Jan-24-2020
As 2019 ended, U.S construction employment was up, spending was trending higher and momentum was moving in the right direction, too. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Jan....
AFL-CIO's blessing gives 'New NAFTA' new momentum
Date: Jan-10-2020
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—The AFL-CIO announced last month it backs the revised “New NAFTA,” the so-called “free trade” pact GOP President Donald Trump and the U.S....
News Briefs
Date: Jan-10-2020
Ford to invest 1.45B in SE Michigan DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. announced Dec. 17 that it is investing $1.45 billion in two Southeast Michigan manufacturing facilities and adding 3,000...
Road funding redo on tap in 2020
Date: Jan-10-2020
LANSING - The anniversary of the first year of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration has come and gone, and the state seems no closer to solving its chronic problem of inadequate...
U.S. construction survey suggests 75% of firms to add workers in 2020
Date: Jan-10-2020
Despite signs the overall economy may be slowing, most construction firms expect demand for their services and hiring will expand in 2020, yet even more firms are worried about their...
Zero Dems on Trump's NLRB: 'We are likely to see a continued rollback of workers’ rights'
Date: Jan-10-2020
For the first time in the 85-year history of the National Labor Relations Board, three out of its five members are of one party - Republican. President Trump has so...
Boilermakers upgrade AK Steel plant, efficiently
Date: Dec-13-2019
DEARBORN - An "efficiency upgrade" at the AK Steel Corp. plant next to the Ford Rouge works was handled most efficiently by a crew of primarily Boilermakers Local 169 members...
News Briefs
Date: Dec-13-2019
Spirit of giving: Egan donates 100K GRAND RAPIDS - Mechanical contractor and fabricator Andy J. Egan Co. has completed the Egan $100k Community Giveaway – its pledge to donate $100,000...
Operators provide a lift to State Capitol Christmas tree
Date: Dec-13-2019
LANSING - The 2019 official Michigan State Capitol Christmas Tree has a union label on it. The 61-foot-tall blue spruce that adorns the front of the Capitol Building grounds and...