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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...