LANSING, Mich. (PAI)—Tucked into a batch of anti-worker laws the Republican-run Michigan legislature approved late last year is a little-known statute that protects franchise granters – think McDonald’s headquarters –...

New protests, but no new pact with Verizon The 39,000 striking Verizon workers, members of the Communications Workers and the Electrical Workers from Maine through Virginia, are introducing a new...

FLINT - The weight of a presidential visit on May 4 emphasized the tragic importance of the city's poisoned water situation. President Barack Obama's motorcade traveled past the Flint water...

The petition drive to repeal Michigan's Prevailing Wage Act of 1965 apparently continues to be staying in neutral. For the last six weeks, phone calls to the Michigan Building and...

A U.S. Treasury Department mediator on May 6 rejected a huge proposed cut in retirement payouts for hundreds of thousands of workers tied to the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund....

(From We Party Patriots) A recent CNBC Reality Check column cast doubt on the widespread yet false theory that there is currently a “labor shortage” in the U.S. construction industry....

Is there a shortage of construction workers in the U.S.? The Associated General Contractors keeps hammering home their position that yes, there is, and they urge that channels to training...

YPSILANTI - A modernized version of Wise Hall, the largest residence hall on the campus of Eastern Michigan University - will be ready for students this fall. Construction manager Miller-Davis,...

By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)--Building trades workers must create a bipartisan political "building trades majority" at both the federal and state levels to campaign for more infrastructure...

By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—Hillary Clinton finally showed that she can turn a crowd on. The former Secretary of State, the leading contender for the Democratic presidential...