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Michigan's favorite ivory towers to get stripped, painted
Date: Apr-28-2017
For the first time in its 60-year history, one of the Mackinac Bridge’s iconic ivory towers will be stripped down to bare metal and repainted. Beginning April 6, contractors for...
News Briefs
Date: Apr-28-2017
Trades display what we do on May 9 Building trades unions, their contractors and contractor associations from across Michigan will be putting their best foot forward on Tuesday, May 9 at...
OSHA delays start of silica exposure rule enforcement
Date: Apr-28-2017
WASHINGTON (PAI)—Citing the need for better education of construction firms and workers about how to battle exposure to cancer-causing crystalline silica dust, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) delayed...
Report finds funding path too narrow for future good roads
Date: Apr-28-2017
It was true a decade ago, it was true in 2015 when the state Legislature improved transportation funding, and it’s true today: Michigan doesn’t spend nearly enough on maintaining its...
Flint approves pipe contract as Building Trades recognize local union effort
Date: Apr-14-2017
FLINT - Nearly three years after the City of Flint began drawing corrosive water from the Flint River into its municipal water system in an effort to save money, the...
Made to order: Little Caesars expanding its Detroit HQ
Date: Apr-14-2017
DETROIT — Little Caesars Arena isn't the only ongoing construction project in the city that will have the big pizza chain's name on it. A few blocks south of what...
McGarvey: building trades must again become labor movement backbone
Date: Apr-14-2017
WASHINGTON (PAI)--With public sector unions under constant attack and manufacturing unions struggling to keep their numbers up as factories' share of the U.S. workforce declines, building trades unions must again...
Mixed reactions to Trump as he pushes massive plan to revamp U.S. infrastructure
Date: Apr-14-2017
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI) – Saying “America’s labor leaders will always find an open door with Donald Trump,” the new Republican U.S. president made one of...
News Briefs
Date: Apr-14-2017
Trades Capitol display set for May 9 Building trades unions, their contractors and contractor associations from across Michigan will be putting their best foot forward on Tuesday, May 9 in...
Surest way to a pay cut: repeal prevailing wage law
Date: Apr-14-2017
By Ross Eisenbrey and Teresa Kroeger Economic Policy Institute For more than 40 years, big business and the Republican party have teamed up to drive down the wages of construction...