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'Hey, you guys are union!' F.D. Hayes a dynamo in home generator installs

Date: Nov-15-2019

Union work in the residential field is down. But it's not out. Providing evidence of this is retired iron worker Doug Kalnbach, a Local 25 member who ordered the installation...

Line 5 tunnel construction upheld by judge, but appeal awaits

Date: Nov-15-2019

LANSING - A Michigan Court of Claims judge declined to block the proposed construction of a utility tunnel to house the Line 5 petroleum pipeline underneath the Mackinac Straits. Judge...

MSU's expanded music building hits all the right notes

Date: Nov-15-2019

EAST LANSING - The whirr of sawblades and drills, the pounding of hammers and the back-up beeps of heavy equipment on West Circle Drive sound pretty good right now to...

News Briefs

Date: Nov-15-2019

Road warranty reduction bill moves A bill that would, surprisingly, limit road warranties in Michigan has unanimously passed the Senate Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Nov. 6 Senate Bill 0520...

No training accreditation, no problem! ABC celebrates despite awful training record

Date: Nov-15-2019

MIDLAND - The Associated Builders and Contractors' Greater Michigan Chapter got together the evening of Nov. 1 at the H Hotel with a "Founders Dinner" to give five anti-union honorees...

In light of IRAP mess, National Apprenticeship Week pushed by union trades

Date: Nov-01-2019

By Jim Embrescia Cleveland Labor Citizen    The union construction industry will again celebrate National Apprenticeship Week this month, but has added a new element to the annual activity. The...

News Briefs

Date: Nov-01-2019

Jobless rate stable in Michigan, U.S. Michigan is enjoying a low 4.2 percent unemployment rate, but compared to the rest of the country, there's some room for improvement. Our state's...

Retired electrician re-writes history with shipwreck find

Date: Nov-01-2019

There have been more than 6,000 Great Lakes shipwrecks since 1679, when the first full-size cargo ship to sail the region, Le Griffon, apparently sank in Lake Michigan. Hundreds, perhaps...

Trades drive projects to improve the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

Date: Nov-01-2019

GROSSE POINTE SHORES - The grounds of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House is witnessing its largest new construction since the mansion itself was completed in 1929. The project, led...

Whitmer seeks expansion of overtime pay in Michigan

Date: Nov-01-2019

LANSING - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Oct. 24 directed the state's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity to submit a request for rulemaking to expand the right to overtime pay...