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Trades help write new history for repurposed Detroit News building
Date: Apr-22-2016
DETROIT - While the newspaper business isn't exactly a healthy industry these days - real estate, especially in the city's downtown, is doing pretty well. So the future looks bright...
Wind energy fanning coal plant retirements
Date: Apr-22-2016
JACKSON - Consumers Energy shuttered seven of its oldest coal-burning units as of April 15 after serving Michigan for more than 60 years. Collectively, the plants – affectionately nicknamed by...
After failed prevailing wage petition, ABC sues to get their money back
Date: Apr-06-2016
ABC's use of anti-union group blows up in their face LANSING - The irony is delicious. A sales motto used by Silver Bullet LLC says that "successful initiative petitions are...
Senate OKs bill expanding electrical apprentice ratio
Date: Apr-06-2016
LANSING - The state Legislature made more progress on its path to weakening professional licensing in Michigan, with a March 23 vote of the Senate to raise the ratio of...
Unions cheer as high court ties, 4-4, on key Friedrichs labor case
Date: Apr-06-2016
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—Union leaders cheered as the U.S. Supreme Court tied, 4-4, on a key labor case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association et al, on...
Finally! Labor Department tees up new silica standard
Date: Apr-06-2016
WASHINGTON D.C. - A long-awaited workplace rule establishing new, more stringent safety standards for silica exposure was announced March 24 by U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez. The new rule...
Sparrow invests in new Health Center
Date: Apr-06-2016
LANSING TWP. - Sparrow Hospital's main campus, located along Michigan Avenue east of downtown Lansing, is the health care headquarters for tens of thousands of people in mid-Michigan. Next year,...
'Persuader' rule to shed light on union-busters
Date: Apr-06-2016
WASHINGTON - “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The great Oz has spoken,” the actor Frank Morgan thundered in the famous 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz....
Scrubbing the Book Building
Date: Apr-06-2016
DETROIT - The exterior of the 13-story Book Building, and it's joined-at-the-hip sibling, the 38-story Book Tower, have been due for a nice bath for, oh, let's say the past...
News Briefs
Date: Apr-06-2016
Supreme Court: pay for time to takes to suit up WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a 6-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court gave workers a win on March 24, ruling workers at a...