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Prevailing wage supporters raise voices
Date: Aug-07-2015
'Any so-called windfall savings would be short-lived at best.' - Herb Spence III, owner, Spence Brothers The effort to repeal Michigan's Prevailing Wage Act of 1965 continues to move along...
Right-to-work law upheld for public workers
Date: Aug-07-2015
LANSING - Legal efforts to overturn the state's right-to-work laws have just about run their course. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on July 29 that some 36,000 state employees working...
State AGC expresses support for workforce retention, prevailing wage
Date: Aug-07-2015
LANSING– The Associated General Contractors of Michigan (AGC) Labor Relations Division focused on the workforce challenges of apprentice recruitment, journeyman training, and workforce retention during its second annual Labor and...
'Bad bargain' awaits state's taxpayers if repeal is successful
Date: Jul-24-2015
By Frank Manzo IV Public policy choices have consequences. Some can facilitate middle class job creation, robust economic growth, a higher skilled workforce and balanced government budgets. Others can have...
Board-Up Program could lead to career path for some youths
Date: Jul-24-2015
DETROIT - For some youths in the city, the path to a potential career in the building trades could start with boarding up the schools. The mixed-blessing task of sealing...
Health care 'Cadillac Tax' still riles labor
Date: Jul-24-2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court vote on June 25 over health care exchanges saved the Affordable Care Act as we know it. The ruling was a huge...
High-tech FRIB project calls for heavy-duty construction
Date: Jul-24-2015
EAST LANSING - The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) currently under construction on the campus of Michigan State University is sure to make the school even more of a...
News Briefs
Date: Jul-24-2015
Waiting, waiting for road funding plan LANSING - State lawmakers had time to declare July as "Ice Cream Month" in Michigan, but there was no action to allocate money to...
NLRB to tackle temp organizing
Date: Jul-24-2015
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—The National Labor Relations Board is tackling another big joint-employer issue: If an employer gets workers from a temp agency and a union...
Petition effort for prevailing wage repeal backed by $1million - so far
Date: Jul-24-2015
LANSING - Now we know about how much money is being raised - and where the money is coming from - to pay for petition signature-gatherers to overturn the Michigan...