Construction spending inched up in December from a month earlier and increased solidly over 2015, but the major components showed divergent trends, according to an analysis released Feb. 1 by...

BALTIMORE (PAI) - Democrats, especially congressional Democrats, need a coherent and down-to-earth economic message, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says. And it’s a message, he adds, that must successfully counter simplistic...

MT. CLEMENS - Building trades union representatives contributed $4,800 to the operations of Care House, a facility that helps women and children who are victims of domestic violence. The money...

LANSING – Despite a three-year-old right-to-work law and a right-wing Legislature that has seemingly made every effort to eradicate union vitality, labor union membership went up in Michigan in 2015....

Unemployment benefits are taxable With tax season here, the State of Michigan has begun making available year-end tax statements to anyone who has received unemployment benefits in 2015. “Unemployment benefits...

By Mark Gruenberg Press Associates WASHINGTON (PAI) - The share of union members as a percentage of the U.S. workforce remained the same in 2015 vs. 2014: 11.1 percent. The...

FLINT - Building trades union volunteers from across the state - and across most of the union crafts - have been giving their time and talent to help provide relief...

FLINT - The colors were scheduled to start spraying this week at General Motors' massive new paint shop on the grounds of the Flint Assembly plant on Van Slyke Rd....

LANSING - The state Legislature's flurry of lawmaking at the end of 2015 didn't have anything to do with addressing pressing needs that would make Michigan a better state, like...

By Mark Gruenberg Press Associates For workers and their allies, especially union workers, it’s time to get ready to combat a looming disaster, coming to us courtesy of the U.S....