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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...