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Short lull in prevailing wage repeal effort gives trades time to lobby GOP
Date: Feb-20-2015
LANSING - Republicans in both the state House and Senate have made repeal of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act of 1965 their top priority in 2015 - with the first...
Trades building colorful-kid friendly hospital in Troy
Date: Feb-20-2015
TROY - The new Children's Hospital of Michigan-Troy will have all the primary colors on the outside, and a full gamut of pediatric, primary care health care resources on the...
News Briefs
Date: Feb-19-2015
LANSING - Voter passage of the ballot plan to provide some $1.3 billion in funding to improve the state's roads fund would be a boon to road-building construction workers -...
Contractors 'extremely optimistic' for 2015 prospects
Date: Feb-04-2015
The nation’s building industry may be primed for a breakout year in 2015, with 80 percent of construction contractors planning to expand their payrolls. That’s according to a survey called Ready...
Help sidetrack prevailing wage repeal effort
Date: Feb-04-2015
LANSING – The proposed repeal of Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Act is not a done deal. And Michigan’s building trades workers are asked to do their part to make sure it...
News Briefs
Date: Feb-04-2015
Road ballot issue faces headwinds The Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council strongly supports this year’s Proposal 1, a May 5 ballot proposal that will generate about $1.3 billion to repair...
Obama calls for stronger labor law
Date: Feb-04-2015
WASHINGTON (PAI) – For the first time in his six years in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama took to prime-time TV and a nationwide audience to demand stronger labor...
State's unionization rate drops significantly, RTW a likely contributor
Date: Feb-04-2015
LANSING - Labor union membership in Michigan took a significant hit in 2014, dropping to 14.5 percent union workforce penetration from 16.3 percent in 2013. The decline represents a loss...
Time to speak up, support prevailing wage, The law helps create 'a better construction industry'
Date: Feb-04-2015
LANSING - So what happens if prevailing wage goes away in Michigan? It's simple, says state Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof (R-West Olive). He has cited an Anderson Economic Group...
U-M sends trades back to school
Date: Feb-04-2015
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan campus was busy again last month. And it wasn't only because of students returning from the holiday break. The U-M campus was also...