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Electricians power Quicken's new technology center

Date: Jan-09-2015

DETROIT – Data is so important in corporate America that it’s now getting its own building. Case in point: the Quicken Loans Technology Center, a new 66,000-square-foot building that’s nearing...

Labor hails new NLRB union election rule, which sets off partisan uproar

Date: Jan-09-2015

WASHINGTON (PAI) – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka hailed a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union elections rule, designed to cut down devices businesses use to thwart – legally or...

Labor hails new NLRB union election rule, which sets off partisan uproar

Date: Jan-09-2015

(By mark Gruenberg, PAI Staff Writer) WASHINGTON (PAI) – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka hailed a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union elections rule, designed to cut down devices businesses...

McDonald's workers get happy meal from NLRB

Date: Jan-09-2015

WASHINGTON – A complaint filed on Dec. 19 by the National Labor Relations Board against McDonald’s Corp. and some of its franchisees sent the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the...

McDonald's workers get happy meal from NLRB

Date: Jan-09-2015

WASHINGTON – A complaint filed on Dec. 19 by the National Labor Relations Board against McDonald’s Corp. and some of its franchisees sent the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the...

MDOT pleased with smooth bridge slide over I-96

Date: Jan-09-2015

LOWELL TWP. – Here’s a handy tip: if you ever have to slide a 4.6 million pound bridge, Dawn dishwashing liquid soap makes for a pretty good lubricant.   That’s...

MDOT pleased with smooth bridge slide over I-96

Date: Jan-09-2015

LOWELL TWP. – Here’s a handy tip: if you ever have to slide a 4.6 million pound bridge, Dawn dishwashing liquid soap makes for a pretty good lubricant. That’s just...

News Briefs

Date: Jan-09-2015

2014 construction rises 7 percent Total construction put in place for 2014 will be $62 billion greater than last year—a 7 percent increase according to the latest report from FMI, a...

News Briefs

Date: Jan-09-2015

2014 construction rises 7 percent Total construction put in place for 2014 will be $62 billion greater than last year—a 7 percent increase according to the latest report from FMI, a...

Road repair package goes to the voters

Date: Jan-09-2015

LANSING – Michigan’s legislature punted on its final opportunity in 2014 to raise money to repair our state’s crumbling roads, opting to let voters decide in a May special election...