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AFL-CIO chief to Dems: You have 'a problem, a big problem' – no message
Date: Mar-06-2015
PHILADELPHIA (PAI) -- Barack Obama wasn't the only president who addressed the shrunken ranks of U.S. House Democrats when they retreated to Philadelphia late last month to lick their wounds...
Anti-union push in Michigan inspires GOP in other states
Date: Mar-06-2015
In the last century Michigan led the nation toward wider acceptance of labor unions, higher wages and the concept of collective bargaining. Now, Michigan is leading the nation away from...
Bio-solid dryer plant to create new uses for region's sewage
Date: Mar-06-2015
DETROIT - Under construction on the city's southwest side is the largest bio-solids dryer facility in North American. If you don't know what such a facility is or does, you're...
Gov. Walker sees union terrorists
Date: Mar-06-2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one of the GOP’s leading candidates for the presidential nomination, linked protesting union members in his home state with the ISIS terrorist group. "If I can...
Michigan's imperfect Proposal 1 deserves a 'yes' vote on May 5
Date: Mar-06-2015
(By Tony Trupiano) In just over eight weeks the voters of Michigan will be asked to vote on the ballot question titled Proposal 1, or as it is commonly being...
News Briefs
Date: Mar-06-2015
Obama rejects Keystone Pipeline WASHINGTON, D.C. - Construction of the Keystone Pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico was vetoed by President Obama on Feb. 25. The presidential action takes...
Potential mash up of Proposal 1 and prevailing wage repeal concern trades
Date: Mar-06-2015
Few people in Michigan are crazy about raising the sales tax by a penny, even if passage of Proposal 1 on May 5 means raising at least $1.2 billion more...
Construction in Michigan rises 6% during 2014
Date: Feb-20-2015
Statewide, Michigan enjoyed a nice jump in construction employment over the course of the past year, rising 6 percent between December 2013 and December 2014. With a rise of 7,200...
Judge dumps open meetings challenge to state's right-to-work law
Date: Feb-20-2015
LANSING - The state's Open Meetings Act was not violated when the Michigan Legislature adopted a statewide right-to-work law in December 2012, a state Court of Claims judge ruled Feb....
Record low for construction deaths, injury trend down, too
Date: Feb-20-2015
LANSING – Historically low construction industry fatality rates continued in Michigan in 2014, with MIOSHA's Construction Safety Division recording an all-time low of seven program-related on-the-job deaths. The previous record...