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AFL-CIO chief to Iron Workers: 'We built the middle class once and we'll do it again'
Date: Sep-09-2016
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke to Iron Workers International Union's 43rd convention in Las Vegas last month. Following are a few excerpts of his speech, which came the same week...
Labor Day Celebrated in Michigan
Date: Sep-09-2016
FROM MARQUETTE to Monroe, Muskegon to Mackinac City, labor union members, family, friends and supporters took part in Labor Day parades and festivities around Michigan. Former President Bill Clinton attended...
New federal rule intended to weed out bad actors irks contractor community
Date: Sep-09-2016
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer The Obama administration has issued its final rule, and 369 pages of guidance, telling federal contracting officers about how to evaluate labor law compliance...
Laborers push jobs-friendly pipeline plan
Date: Sep-09-2016
Saying the U.S. faces a looming energy crunch as nuclear power plants shut down and coal-fired electric plants are taken offline, the Laborers have launched a “Clean Power Progress” campaign...
Study suggests stronger unions can hike wages, slow inequality
Date: Sep-09-2016
Fact: The unionization rate for the U.S. workforce in 2015 was 11.1 percent in 2015, the most recent low point in a long, steady decline in union penetration since there...
Survey finds acute worker shortages
Date: Sep-09-2016
Two-thirds of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the nation’s construction workforce, according to the results of an...
Monumental: Wall at Freedom Hill built to honor the American worker
Date: Aug-26-2016
STERLING HEIGHTS - A wall to honor the American worker. Isn't that a nice idea? Freedom Hill Amphitheatre is providing a high-profile place for it, Roncelli, Inc. is providing project...
Two new gas-fired plants to be set in the U.P.
Date: Aug-26-2016
The WEC Energy Group announced Aug. 15 that it plans to construct, own and operate 170 megawatts of new natural gas generating capacity across two sites in the Upper Peninsula....
News Briefs
Date: Aug-26-2016
Policy group protests slimmed down OT rule The labor-backed Economic Policy Institute is strongly protesting an attempt by four U.S. House “Blue Dog” Democrats to replace the Labor Department’s new...
On deck: Labor Day events and activities around Michigan
Date: Aug-26-2016
Like it or not, the days getting shorter and the Back to School sales at retailers are in full swing. And that can only mean one thing: Labor Day, and...