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Trump OKs wage guarantees into infrastructure plan
Date: Jun-23-2017
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Trump has been promoting a rough outline for infrastructure work in the U.S. that could carry a price tag of up to $1 trillion. That's very...
Under renovation: Flint's historic Capitol Theatre: 'Probably the greatest unrestored movie palace in the United States'
Date: Jun-23-2017
FLINT - Welcome to the city's newly renovated living room. There are plenty of comfortable seats, about 1,600. Refreshments are available nearby. You will be glad you came, with great...
Iron workers top out UP Health System
Date: Jun-23-2017
MARQUETTE - Construction of the UP Health System's 500,000 square-foot hospital building is progressing to a completion in the fall of 2018, as we pointed out in a feature in...
News Briefs
Date: Jun-23-2017
Good times for U.S. contractors A strong domestic market for the construction industry continued to be evident via the Engineering News Record's annual list of the Top 400 Contractors (by revenue),...
Boilermakers' spark attracts high school welders
Date: Jun-09-2017
ALLEN PARK - Now in its 15th year, the Boilermakers Local 169 High School Welding Invitational contest is becoming a bit of an institution. Held every spring at the union...
Help finish the work on Marine monument
Date: Jun-09-2017
CHESTERFIELD TWP. - To date, U.S. military memorials have overwhelmingly been focused on the two world wars in the last century, the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and the Civil...
'It is ludicrous. Meritless. Insane' Trump and GOP Congress are killing rules that keep workers alive
Date: Jun-09-2017
(From the IBEW Media Center) In their first 100 days in power, the Trump administration and the Republican Congress have repealed and blocked worker safety regulations that were years, sometimes...
News Briefs
Date: Jun-09-2017
Work zones become crash zones, too Operators of nearly half of all U.S. construction work zones reported that motor vehicles had crashed into them during the past year. That's the...
Support prevailing wage - DO NOT SIGN the petition
Date: Jun-09-2017
Across Michigan, clipboard holders will return this summer to your local gas station, your daughter's softball game or some other place where the public gathers, asking for your signature on...
UP Health System opts to go new, and big, with $300M facility
Date: Jun-09-2017
MARQUETE - In looking at the future of health care delivery in the Upper Peninsula, officials at UP Health System-Marquette examined their current setup at the former Marquette General Hospital...