ABC and GOP should get a room  The Associated Builders and Contractors is the arch-enemy of Michigan building trades unions, acting as the primary proponent for keeping industry wages low,...

The Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council has endorsed Democrat Mark Totten as he seeks to unseat incumbent Bill Schuette for state attorney general in the Nov. 4 general election....

Your pension. Your health care. Your wage scale. Your workplace safety. Your union. Those things are really what will be on your ballot – should you choose to fill one...

DETROIT – Passage of Michigan’s right-to-work law in 2012 by Gov. Rick Snyder and the Republican Legislature “shivered the timbers of every union in every state,” said AFL-CIO President Rich...

LANSING – Can the state’s construction industry expect a repeal of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act this year? Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe) told MIRS News Service on Sept....

If you listen to FOX news, the angry billionaires, and most of the Republican politicians, you’d think that middle class Americans and poor Americans are public enemies. Here’s the reality:...

DETROIT – A modest but important renovation this summer to the exterior of Michigan’s oldest (and only) public aquarium went, shall we say, swimmingly. Contractor Grunwell Cashero on Sept. 2...

U.S. construction rises 5% this year U.S. construction spending climbed to $961 billion from $915.3 billion between August 2013 and August 2014, a 5 percent increase, according to federal data also...

LANSING – Michigan AFL-CIO President Karla Swift provided MIRS News Service with some of organized labor’s perspective concerning the Nov. 4 election. Following is a sampling of her comments: On...

RTW push claims 5,000 in MEA The Michigan Education Association (MEA) announced Sept. 4 that fewer than 5,000 of its members opted out of the union during August. The MEA’s rules...