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Bricklaying robot, masons work together at U-M Brighton hospital
Date: Jul-07-2017
BRIGHTON - Masons of Michigan, say hello to SAM-100. Once you get to know how to setup his onboard computer and tablet interface, get him up and running on his...
'Cold hearted' health plans aren't what trump promised
Date: Jul-07-2017
By Leo Gerard President, United Steelworkers Donald Trump is right. The House health insurance bill is “mean, mean, mean,” as he put it last month. He correctly called the measure...
Construction continues along prosperous path
Date: Jul-07-2017
The path forward for the construction industry in Michigan and across the nation looks to be headed toward a period of growth, even if the trend lines are a bit...
Decline to sign prevailing wage petition
Date: Jul-07-2017
Signature gatherers are out across Michigan this summer, asking registered voters to sign a petition intended to repeal the Prevailing Wage Act of 1965. Backed by billionaires who think...
Labor turns up the heat on lawmakers to oppose health care replacement plans
Date: Jul-07-2017
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer Organized labor’s massive campaign against the Senate Republicans’ health care bill, a measure which would repeal the Affordable Care Act, will continue through the...
News Briefs
Date: Jul-07-2017
Labor Department moves to yank OT rule WASHINGTON (PAI)—The Trump administration Labor Department has taken the first step towards yanking the new overtime pay rule – a rule that doubled...
Study shines dome light on construction fatalities
Date: Jul-07-2017
The release of a new safety study which was performed “with an eye toward learning new methods of preventing worker fatalities in the construction industry” offers a few nuggets of...
Careful what you sign... Don't sign the death warrant for Michigan's prevailing wage law
Date: Jun-23-2017
Across Michigan, petition circulators are fanning out this summer in public places, seeking signatures from registered voters to repeal the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act of 1965. Some will truthfully explain...
Neighbors show Michigan what to expect with prevailing wage repeal
Date: Jun-23-2017
For building trades workers, seeing lower wages is the primary effect of witnessing the repeal of a statewide prevailing wage law. But that's just the start. In Wisconsin, beginning Jan....
Trump appreciates union apprenticeship model
Date: Jun-23-2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the former host of the NBC reality show "The Apprentice," it appears as if President Donald Trump also appreciates the nation's apprenticeship system. Last week the...