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Local 58 powerboater paying his 'Dooz'
Date: Jul-05-2002
Volunteering on a rescue boat during the Detroit Thunderfest last year, IBEW Local 58 member Pingree Conflitti soaked up the world of powerboat racing. This year, he's taken the plunge....
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jul-05-2002
Feds seek union help for security WASHINGTON (PAI) - President Bush's homeland security director, Thomas Ridge, has asked a group of union presidents for specific help from workers on security....
Scout's honor: Mix-Fix volunteers improve ranch
Date: Jul-05-2002
METAMORA -There are always chores to do at a ranch, and the D-Bar-A Boy Scout Ranch isn't any different. On Saturday, May 11, a lot of those tasks were taken...
Two firms join 'race to the bottom'
Date: Jul-05-2002
Somehow, tens of thousands of employers across Michigan and the nation manage to make a fair profit for themselves, while paying their workers a collectively bargained wage. In our cutthroat...
Work remains before trades hand off Ford Field
Date: Jul-05-2002
We don't know how the Detroit Lions will perform at Ford Field this year, but there's little doubt that the performance of the building trades and their employers has brought...
All trades urged to use caution around high (or low) wires
Date: Jun-21-2002
Even veteran electricians can benefit from a few safety reminders when it comes to working around high-voltage. For that matter, non-electricians can benefit, too. About 140 construction workers are killed...
Covert operation: Bog power plant a big employer for trades
Date: Jun-21-2002
COVERT TWP. - Way off the beaten track near this southwest Michigan community, the building trades are hard at work erecting a project that will soon be the largest employer...
Nation's steel difficulties remain
Date: Jun-21-2002
The crisis of cheap, imported steel in the U.S. has not eased. The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported last month that total steel imports through the end of...
Opposites attract? Not the building trades and the ABC
Date: Jun-21-2002
Tradesman Viewpoint It's hard to imagine that there could be two rival groups that are farther apart philosophically than the Associated Builders and Contractors and building trades unions. The anti-union...
Roofers navigate a sea of PVC atop Ford Field
Date: Jun-21-2002
A gridiron of another sort is being installed some 120 feet over Ford Field, the new home of the Detroit Lions. Roofers Local 149 members and Schreiber Roofing are in...