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Union 4 Life makes another contribution to breast cancer research at U-M
Date: Nov-27-2015
ANN ARBOR - The Union 4 Life group has struck again, this time raising and contributing $12,000 to breast cancer research at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Over...
Look up - Foundry Lofts tower to create more residential space
Date: Nov-13-2015
ANN ARBOR - More housing for University of Michigan students and residents who want to live near a vibrant downtown is on the way, in the form of the towering...
News Briefs
Date: Nov-13-2015
Prevailing wage prevails in D.C. WASHINGTON, DC - Only a handful of Republicans in the Michigan Legislature support prevailing wage. In our nation's capitol, it's quite a bit more popular....
NLRB judge backs IBEW 58 in RTW case Showing ID is 'intimidation'?
Date: Nov-13-2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An Oct. 26 ruling by a U.S. administrative law judge in a case before the National Labor Relations Board settles, at least for now, one of the...
Our vote is best backstop against prevailing wage opponents
Date: Nov-13-2015
They're incompetent. But they're relentless. "Protect Michigan Taxpayers," the front group for the Associated Builders and Contractors and some deep-pocketed donors, were so confident in their petition drive to repeal...
Prevailing wage repeal effort: here we go again
Date: Nov-13-2015
LANSING - The group sponsoring a petition drive intended to repeal the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act couldn't deny the massive number of duplicate and improper names on the signature sheets,...
Red Wing Players Visit New Arena
Date: Nov-13-2015
FIVE DETROIT RED WING players from Michigan were given a hard hat tour of the team's new hockey arena last month. Intermingled with construction workers at the site, wearing red...
State road deal finally passes, but it has plenty of critics
Date: Nov-13-2015
LANSING - Long-awaited legislation to increase funding to repair Michigan's crumbling roads and bridges was signed into law on Nov. 4 by Gov. Rick Snyder, but it was a bill...
Worker shortages may be a drag on robust industry
Date: Nov-13-2015
Construction spending in September reached a new seven-year high and climbed at the fastest rate since early 2006, according to an analysis released Nov. 2 by the Associated General Contractors...
'Build, adapt, change' echoes throughout the 2015 BAC Convention
Date: Oct-30-2015
(Submitted by the BAC) BALTIMORE - Although the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) considers every international convention, conducted only once every five years, to be significant, the...