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News Briefs
Date: Apr-03-2015
Big leap for state's construction jobs Construction employment in Michigan started this year with a substantial leap from 12 months prior, advancing 9.6 percent in January 2015 compared to January...
Obama's veto will stop (anti-) union election rule
Date: Apr-03-2015
WASHINGTON (PAI)—National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce stepped up to defend his embattled agency, as the Republican-run House followed the GOP-controlled Senate’s lead and passed legislation overturning the...
Same 'Nuts, new shell... Trades upgrade Lugnuts' Stadium
Date: Apr-03-2015
LANSING - Across the nation, the first part of April is all about spring, warmer weather and getting a start on the baseball season. But for the building trades renovating...
Extended jobless benefits primed to pass Senate, House future uncertain
Date: Mar-28-2015
WASHINGTON – The first major hurdle in a deal to extend federal long-term jobless benefits has been overcome, with a March 13 agreement by a bipartisan group of Senators. The...
Fast Track the wrong track, unionists tell Congress
Date: Mar-20-2015
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI)—Energized by speeches of support from union leaders from Oregon, California and Maryland and combative House Democrats ready to take on their...
Labor's durability may key on friending a few GOP moderates: 'Politics is not a marriage. It's a business.'
Date: Mar-20-2015
LANSING - You may have heard once or twice from labor leaders over the last couple of decades that the next election is "the most important of our lifetime." Enough...
News Briefs
Date: Mar-20-2015
Momentum rises in U.S. construction Momentum in the U.S. construction industry has bounced around a bit in recent months, but the overall trend "continues to be positive, painting the picture...
Prevailing wage repeal legislation left simmering by state GOP
Date: Mar-20-2015
LANSING - Lurking just beyond the horizon of the May 5 Proposal 1 special election for added road money is prevailing wage repeal - a subject which was front and...
Run the numbers and without Proposal 1 it's 'back to Square One' for Michigan roads
Date: Mar-20-2015
LANSING - Passage of a one-cent sales tax increase would permanently render $1.2 billion more every year for road and bridge repairs in Michigan. Those are the basic numbers involving...
Trades make big concrete bed for FRIB's linear accelerator
Date: Mar-20-2015
EAST LANSING - If you want to build a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), you apparently need a pretty serious foundation. And that's just what Michigan's State University FRIB...