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Prevailing wage repeal law should be tossed, group argues
Date: Sep-21-2018
LANSING - Protect Michigan Jobs, the union-backed coalition that battled efforts to repeal Michigan's prevailing wage law, filed a motion on Sept. 10 before the state's Court of Claims, asking...
'Undo and screw' GOP shenanigans strip wage, sick leave proposals from Nov. 6 ballot
Date: Sep-21-2018
LANSING - Another day in the Michigan Legislature, another outrage. State Republican lawmakers on Sept. 5 voted to adopt two proposals originally slated to go on the Nov. 6 general...
DTE Energy breaks ground on $1B Blue Water Energy Center
Date: Sep-07-2018
EAST CHINA TWP. - DTE Energy on Aug. 21 broke ground on a new $1 billion natural gas-fueled plant, the Blue Water Energy Center. The utility said it will be...
Got milk? At Prairie Farms, it will be 'ultra' cold and long-lasting
Date: Sep-07-2018
BATTLE CREEK - A $29 million investment at the Prairie Farms Dairy will allow the company to add 16 new positions, manufacture new specialty products and expand distribution of its...
News Briefs
Date: Sep-07-2018
No stopping CEO pay increases The average CEO of the 350 largest firms in the U.S. received $18.9 million in compensation in 2017, a 17.6 percent increase over 2016. If the...
Producing national champs is getting routine for Local 169
Date: Sep-07-2018
For the sixth time in the past seven years, the winner of the Boilermaker International Union's National Apprenticeship Competition has come from Michigan's Local 169. Congratulations to Josh Slater, who...
The union advantage elevates safety, too
Date: Sep-07-2018
By Nick Fox Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America For years, unions have been working to prove with data what their members and contractors see every day in...
Union approval rating rises: best since 2003
Date: Sep-07-2018
In the U.S., 61 percent of adults say they approve of labor unions, the highest percentage since the 65 percent approval rate in 2003. The current labor union approval rate...
Beaumont, trades bring new vitality to former Botsford campus
Date: Aug-24-2018
FARMINGTON HILLS - Located on Grand River Avenue just northwest of Eight Mile Road, much of the healthcare infrastructure at Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills has been in need of renovation...
Governor's race is labor's best chance to have impact again
Date: Aug-24-2018
LANSING - Michigan has experienced eight years of complete Republican control in the state Capitol, and to show for it, organized labor has endured the imposition of a right-to-work law,...