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Early on, Bush starts battles - and he's fighting against labor
Date: Mar-16-2001
WASHINGTON D.C. - Since President Bush has entered office, we've heard a lot about how he wants to bring people together, provide families with more opportunities, and give Americans a...
Expo exposes construction as a potential career choice
Date: Mar-16-2001
Information, hands-on experience and the knowledge of construction professionals were all available to attendees at a Feb. 27 career expo at Oakland Community College's Auburn Hills campus. Organized by the...
From boondoggle to boon, Zilwaukee span serves state well
Date: Mar-16-2001
ZILWAUKEE - "No news is good news." That adage seems to best sum up the most recent history of the Zilwaukee Bridge, an 8,000-foot concrete span over the Saginaw River...
GOP eradicates ergonomics rules
Date: Mar-16-2001
For organized labor, the hits just keep on coming. Three weeks after the Bush Administration issued a number of anti-labor directives, Round 2 came last week, when both the U.S....
New Midfield Terminal gets new power plant, too
Date: Mar-16-2001
In Michigan, deregulation of electrical utilities hasn't brought the rolling blackouts and brownouts like they had earlier this year in California, but voracious consumers of electrical power are taking matters...
News Briefs
Date: Mar-16-2001
Michigan Vietnam Monument on track The last piece in the funding puzzle for the Michigan Vietnam Monument has fallen into place. A Feb. 26 press conference announced the confirmation of...
Prevailing wage repeal betrays Michigan workers
Date: Mar-16-2001
Editor's note: The most important law on Michigan's books that protects the wages of construction workers is the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act of 1966. And once again, the law is...
Early signs show Bush supporters who their man is listening to
Date: Mar-02-2001
About 67 percent of Michigan's union voters voted for Al Gore in the Nov. 7 election, a historically high percentage which impressed pundits across the country, and was a model...
Follies and foibles of blue collar workers featured in new book
Date: Mar-02-2001
When it comes to jokes and funny stories, most of us hear them, have a laugh, maybe pass them along once or twice, and then forget them. Not Daren Peel....
Metamorphosis on course at Ren Cen to make it barrier-free, user-friendly
Date: Mar-02-2001
It may take an additional $500 million to get it right, but the Renaissance Center is finally becoming the building that everyone hoped it would be when it opened in...