Labor Dept. appeals OT eligibility ruling WASHINGTON (PAI)—Fighting to keep one of the Obama administration’s top pro-worker initiatives alive, the Labor Department announced on Dec. 1 that it would appeal a...

Michigan's construction employment picture in 2016 shows a decent year of work opportunities, punctuated by a few impressive spikes of hiring. One of those nice spikes took place in October....

Judge blocks new overtime rules A federal judge issued an injunction against President Barack Obama’s new overtime rule on Nov. 22, a major setback that delayed one of the president’s...

DETROIT – The city's 6.6 mile-long circulating streetcar route along Woodward Avenue  - the M-1 "Q-Line" - reached a milestone on Nov. 11 with the welding and installation of the...

LANSING – The reason Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Act of 1965 is still in place today is simple: the Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan and their front group, Protecting Michigan...

By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer Though Republican president-elect Donald Trump has often been vague about his legislative goals, one key recent speech and the 2016 Republican platform offer clues...

DETROIT - Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 member Kevin Koslowski, 45, can't remember too much about what happened after he blacked out at 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12. But...

From the top of the ballot to the bottom, organized labor's preferred candidates for state and national offices were generally not the preferred candidates of the rest of the voting...

By Todd Mustard The Association of Union Constructors On Friday, Sept. 9, House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee Chair John Kline (R-MN) released a discussion draft of the “Multiemployer Pension...

LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Nov. 10 adopted an update to the state's energy policy, approving a plan that passes muster with the state's building trades unions and their...