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Sweeping PRO-union bill advances in House - but awaits a graveyard in Republican-run Senate
Date: Oct-04-2019
WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a party-line 26-21 vote after an all-day work session, the Democratic-run House Education and Labor Committee passed the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, the most-comprehensive pro-worker...
Trades taking care of business with $25M SVSU expansion
Date: Oct-04-2019
KOCHVILLE TWP. - Saginaw Valley State University is making more room to educate tomorrow's business leaders, with a $25 million expansion to house the school's business college. Construction Manager R.C....
U-M announces new $920M hospital
Date: Oct-04-2019
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Regents on Sept. 19 announced plans to build a new $920 million adult hospital "that will increase patient access and transform medical and surgical...
Union-buster Scalia confirmed as labor secretary
Date: Oct-04-2019
WASHINGTON (PAI)— The GOP-run Senate committee that deals with workers’ issues OK'd Donald Trump’s nomination of right-wing corporate lawyer Eugene Scalia by a 12-11 party-line vote on Sept. 24 –...
U.S. construction eases back from robust level
Date: Oct-04-2019
NEW YORK –New U.S. construction starts dropped 6 percent over the month in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $807.1 billion, according to a Dodge Data and Analytics...
A few blemishes mar good U.S. employment picture
Date: Sep-20-2019
There are a growing number of cautionary signals for the future of the U.S. construction industry and the overall economy, but at present, the good news continues to speak louder...
Enthusiasm for unions is solid, but attacks have hit pay levels, organizing
Date: Sep-20-2019
By Heidi Shierholz Economic Policy Institute A huge swath of U.S. workers do not have the union representation and voice at work that they want and need. The share of...
New Saginaw jail will improve everything for staff
Date: Sep-20-2019
SAGINAW - How is the new $37 million Saginaw County Adult Detention Center going to be an improvement over the existing jail? "Everything, everything is going to be better," said...
News Briefs
Date: Sep-20-2019
State budget, road talks crash LANSING - At this rate, the damn roads are never going to get fixed. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Republican majorities in the state House...
Unions, Dems, industry await DOL decision on future of apprenticeship programs
Date: Sep-20-2019
WASHINGTON (PAI) — Construction unions, allied environmental groups and House Democrats are strongly opposing plans by GOP President Donald Trump’s Labor Department to let low-road non-union construction contractors run apprenticeship...