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NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Sep-28-2001
ENR lists top contractors The Engineering News Record's annual rankings of construction firms are out, and several Michigan-based contractors have made the top 100. Southfield-based Barton Malow Co. (#35), Detroit-based...
Three Towers now a union-signatory contractor
Date: Sep-28-2001
There's a welcome new addition to the organized construction industry in Michigan. Three Towers Fire Protection Group, Inc. of Lincoln Park on Sept. 17 signed a collective bargaining agreement with...
116-year life-span for a roof? St. Anne's got its money's worth
Date: Sep-14-2001
A combination of quality construction materials and great craftsmanship helped the slate roof of St. Anne's Church in Detroit last 116 years. Now the roof is being replaced by a...
Going up: new sequencing facility
Date: Sep-14-2001
A $20 million "sequencing" facility for Ai-Genesee, a GM supplier, is going up in Flint, made possible by union labor and union pension dollars. The 407,500 square-foot facility is being...
Labor Legacy arch unveiled
Date: Sep-14-2001
Plans for the Michigan Labor Legacy Project were released Aug. 28, featuring a stainless-steel open arch standing 60 feet above ground between West Jefferson and Hart Plaza. The art work...
News Briefs
Date: Sep-14-2001
New delay for steel standard? OSHA has delayed implementation of the new standard for steel erection six months until January 2002, and if the Associated General Contractors has its way,...
Nonunion contractors agonize over income of their 'poor people'
Date: Sep-14-2001
"If low pay was a felony, I think most of us would be on death row today." Over the course of the last few years or so, we've noted the...
Teamsters extend olive branch to Bush during an unusual presidential visit
Date: Sep-14-2001
The Sept. 3 Labor Day celebration in Detroit was typical of those that have taken place over the last decade - sort of. Yes, there were the usual parades, cookouts...
Trades celebrate Labor's day
Date: Sep-14-2001
It was a good day for organized labor in Michigan on Sept. 3, as thousands turned out in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Marquette and Muskegon to celebrate Labor's Day. "I like...
Another year atop standings for Operators Red
Date: Aug-31-2001
Congratulations to the Operating Engineers Local 324 Red team, which strong-armed the rest of the Detroit Building Trades Softball League en route to the league championship with a 19-4 record....