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Early lag in 2016 stunts Michigan construction
Date: Jul-01-2016
Early lag in 2016 stunts Michigan construction Construction employment in May was up in Michigan compared to a year ago, but the momentum that was starting to build at the...
Prevailing wage benefits play out on the border
Date: Jul-01-2016
The arguments against repealing statewide prevailing wage laws are many and varied - and now, surprisingly, there's a new one. A newly released study by Frank Manzo, policy director of...
Speaker Ryan's manifesto seeks curbs on new union-friendly rules
Date: Jul-01-2016
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI) - Government agencies during this latter part of the Obama Administration have issued a plethora of worker- and consumer-friendly rules made outside...
Speedier union election rules upheld by appeals court
Date: Jul-01-2016
A U.S. appeals court on June 11 upheld a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule which speeds up the union election process. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that...
Trades, Boldt fire up new plant for Wolverine Power
Date: Jul-01-2016
ELMIRA TWP. - The recently announced closure of 15 coal-fired power plants in Michigan over the next several years isn't the state's only major power plant news. There's new, replacement...
Combination of factors leads to prevailing wage living to see another day
Date: Jun-15-2016
LANSING - What saved the Michigan's Prevailing Wage Act of 1965? Last year at about this time, prospects for keeping the law were dim. The first salvo against prevailing wage...
DTE Energy announces more coal plant closures
Date: Jun-15-2016
DETROIT - More coal-fired power plants are closing, as DTE Energy announced June 8 that it will retire eight such energy generating units at three sites in Michigan within the...
Energy plan closer, but it goes on hiatus
Date: Jun-15-2016
LANSING - A plan to reform Michigan's energy regulatory environment for its utilities ran out of gas in the state Senate on June 9, but general agreement for a long-term...
Improving bottom lines for Top 400 U.S. contractors
Date: Jun-15-2016
The nation's construction industry is doing just fine, thank you, and has finally returned to spending levels not seen since the Great Recession. "The market finally has come all the...
Modern athletic demands prompts remodel at Intramural Sports Building
Date: Jun-15-2016
ANN ARBOR – Over the past nine decades in the world of intramural sports, activity preferences have evolved. And at the University of Michigan, a building that houses them is...