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U.S. construction cost hikes are worrisome
Date: Feb-08-2019
After a year marked by numerous price spikes, construction costs declined in December but remained elevated compared to year-earlier prices, while prices of new buildings also moved higher, according to...
WCCCD, trades, build space to play, learn and workout
Date: Feb-08-2019
DETROIT - The Wayne County Community College District - long a fixture in the city with its campus along Fort Street on the western edge of downtown - is creating...
Fresh start for state governor, lawmakers, hopefully labor, too
Date: Jan-25-2019
LANSING - It's a new year: Michigan has a new governor and new lawmakers, and it's certain to be a fresh start for organized labor. Unions and working people have...
High and dry: tinknockers help Special Dreams Farm
Date: Jan-25-2019
ST. CLAIR - Silos have traditionally been landmarks on American farms. Tall, practical, necessary structures that stored animal feed, wheat, corn or other agricultural products, they were also wayfinders and...
Jobless fraud victims can join class action
Date: Jan-25-2019
Building trades workers who were affected by the mass, false accusation of fraud by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) have an option to get some restitution. If you or...
Last wintertime auto show bittersweet for display builders
Date: Jan-25-2019
DETROIT - For trades workers setting up the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center, this year's diminished, final show in the month of January was still a significant...
Lawsuit to reset prevailing wage law on hold in courts
Date: Jan-25-2019
LANSING - A union-backed lawsuit that seeks to declare invalid the citizens initiative which led to the repeal of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act last year enters the new year...
News Briefs
Date: Jan-25-2019
Minimum wages hiked for 5.2 million workers On Jan. 1, 2019, 19 states, including Michigan, raised their minimum wages, lifting pay for 5.2 million workers around the country. According to...
Time to hit the brakes on U.S. construction?
Date: Jan-25-2019
The year 2019 may be a transitional one away from the boom building years that have gone onearlier this decade. Or maybe not. For the first time in recent years...
Unlikely RTW repeal measures introduced
Date: Jan-25-2019
LANSING - The chances of repealing Michigan's seven-year-old right-to-work laws are slim and none - and closer to none. But organized labor in the state appreciates the effort. Although newly...