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Union 4 Life effort raises $13,000 for breast cancer research
Date: Nov-21-2014
ANN ARBOR – Year Two was even better than Year One for IBEW Local 252, when it came to raising money for breast cancer research at the University of Michigan...
U.S. construction industry moving back on track
Date: Nov-21-2014
WASHINGTON – U.S. construction starts will rise a healthy 9 percent to $612 billion next year, according to the 2015 Dodge Construction Outlook released Nov. 6 by Dodge Data &...
Hockey arena construction attracts Detroit residents
Date: Nov-07-2014
DETROIT – “One District. Many opportunities.” That was the theme placed on the “Detroit Resident Career Opportunity Expo” held Oct. 28 at Cobo Center. The “District” refers to the new...
Locked Capitol doors, stuffed gallery lead to unions' right-to-work lawsuit
Date: Nov-07-2014
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and a coalition of labor unions filed a motion Oct. 29 asking a court to rule that state officials blatantly violated...
News Briefs
Date: Nov-07-2014
Land clearing for bridge commences The North American International Trade Crossing (NITC, the public bridge planned to be constructed over the Detroit River downstream from the Ambassador Bridge) has taken another...
Survey indicates construction will have better pay; fewer, poorly trained workers
Date: Nov-07-2014
Construction industry personnel shortages wasn’t the only thing on the minds of U.S. contractors responding to the Associated General Contractors industry survey, released Oct. 22. But the perception of worker...
Trades assemble paint shop at GM-Flint plant
Date: Nov-06-2014
FLINT – General Motors’ next generation of paint shop technology is taking shape at its Flint Assembly plant on Van Slyke Rd. And it’s no small undertaking: the 560,000 square-foot...
Among labor's biggest battles in '14: apathy
Date: Oct-24-2014
What’s the old saying? “When labor votes, labor wins.” That’s still true nowadays, sort of. In recent elections, labor isn’t voting. Or, they’re voting for candidates who are anti-labor. And...
Long reach, nice work at U-M’s Granger Lab renovation
Date: Oct-24-2014
Erected in 1958, the George Granger Brown Memorial Laboratories building on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor is getting renovated, big time. The university is spending some $47...
Michigan's right-to-work law was all about GOP's attempt to bust state's unions
Date: Oct-24-2014
LANSING – After two years in office of denying that RTW was on his agenda, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed the measure in December 2012. According to the AP, Snyder...