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Trade unions leaders get face time with Trump
Date: Feb-03-2017
WASHINGTON - "From this moment on," President Donald Trump said in his inaugural address, "it's going to be America First. Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign...
December setback doesn't dim prospects for U.S. construction
Date: Feb-03-2017
A sizable decline in jobs in December dropped Michigan from one of the top states in construction employment in 2016, to a spot firmly in the middle. Michigan lost 2,800...
Big trio of engines to energize Marquette plant
Date: Feb-03-2017
MARQUETTE - The Marquette Board of Light and Power (MBLP) and its 17,000 customers have a host of challenges, both real and potential. The difficulties start with an aging, coal-fired...
News Briefs
Date: Feb-03-2017
Double whammy for labor in Kentucky The building trades and the rest of organized labor in Kentucky are getting a lesson on the importance of elections. For the first time...
2017 should be a very good year, Michigan and U.S. contractors say
Date: Jan-20-2017
U.S. construction contractors expect private and public sector demand to grow in all market segments in 2017, and 73 percent then plan to expand their payrolls. All in all, good...
At it again: Union 4 Life gives big check to U-M Cancer Center
Date: Jan-20-2017
By: Hope Salyer ANN ARBOR - The IBEW Local 252 apprentices and the Ann Arbor Electrical JATC training director and instructors presented the 2017 Union 4 Life check to the...
Enhanced state reviews take second look at 'false' unemployment claims
Date: Jan-20-2017
LANSING - The Michigan Unemployment Agency has been finding fraudulent claims where there isn't any fraud. Late last year the agency, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Labor, re-reviewed...
Feds OK first pension benefit cuts by financially troubled multi-employer plan
Date: Jan-20-2017
By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer CLEVELAND (PAI)—The U.S. Treasury Department, acting under a controversial law approved in a lame-duck congressional session in 2014, has approved the first benefit cuts...
News Briefs
Date: Jan-20-2017
New year, higher minimum wage Happy New Year, minimum wage-earners. On Jan. 1, 19 states increased their minimum wage, lifting the pay of more than 4.3 million &U.S. workers. "This is...
No Zamboni yet, but soon: Trades excavate base of Little Caesars Arena
Date: Jan-20-2017
DETROIT - Here's hoping the ice surface at Little Caesars Arena will be as good as it is at Joe Louis Arena for the Red Wings and their opponents. The...