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Modern renovation restores Whitney Building's old appeal
Date: Jul-18-2014
DETROIT – Slowly but surely, the 19-story gem that is the David Whitney Building is being polished, reconfigured and prepped for a new, modern use. For more than a year,...
Multiemployer pension plans need help, federal agency confirms
Date: Jul-18-2014
Despite “substantial economic and market gains,” the nation’s multi-employer pension plans “are severely underfunded, threatening benefit cuts for current and future retirees,” said a 2014 Projection Report released June 30 by the...
Supreme Court decision uses 'free speech' argument to jeopardize public unions
Date: Jul-18-2014
In case you were wondering why it is so hard for regular working people to get ahead in our economy, look no further than June 30’s Harris v. Quinn Supreme...
What’s missing from the jobs report: a construction boom
Date: Jul-18-2014
By Isaiah Poole Editor, Campaign for America's Future The June jobs report that is getting so much positive spin does have a dark side that’s getting remarkably little attention: There’s...
Crushed bus helps Laborers drive home point about bad roads
Date: Jul-04-2014
DETROIT – The Laborers towed a not-so-subtle reminder about the poor condition of Michigan’s roads to a parking lot east of downtown on June 24 – and then held a...
Focus over road repair funding now shifts to Washington
Date: Jul-04-2014
WASHINGTON – Raising more money to fix roads has been a problem in Michigan this year, and it isn’t any easier in the halls of Congress. Last month Michigan lawmakers...
Hard hats under further review: 'Construction workers deserve the best headgear that can be designed'
Date: Jul-04-2014
For a device that rests on top of the head, most construction workers probably only give a rare thought to the humble hard hat. But the good people at NIOSH...
News Briefs
Date: Jul-04-2014
Supreme to target public unions – later A 5-4 conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 ruled that eight home health care workers from Illinois cannot be compelled...
Supreme Court's NLRB ruling 'could imperil all unions'
Date: Jul-04-2014
WASHINGTON (PAI) — A 9-0 U.S. Supreme Court vote ruling that President Obama illegally made three “recess appointments” in 2012 to the National Labor Relations Board raises a number of...
Trades re-purpose Victorian hospital for senior living
Date: Jul-04-2014
TRAVERSE CITY – The area’s Chamber of Commerce called the renovation and re-purposing of the old Traverse City State Hospital “one of America’s largest historic preservation and reuse projects.” Even...