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Bills aim to reduce fraud vs. workers
Date: Sep-06-2019
LANSING – Legislation designed to help prevent predatory companies from committing payroll fraud - which robbed 2.8 million Michigan workers of more than $49 million in wages and overtime between...
Construction activity: 'No sign of letting up'
Date: Sep-06-2019
Michigan was one of 40 states that added construction jobs between July 2018 and July 2019, according to the latest analysis of U.S. construction employment by the Associated General Contractors...
Decision on overtime pay reduction about to hit workers
Date: Sep-06-2019
Editor's note: Under current federal law, a non-supervisory worker not covered by a collective bargaining agreement who toils more than 40 hours a week is required to be paid overtime...
New survey highlights, again, national construction worker shortage
Date: Sep-06-2019
The U.S. construction industry needs workers. That statement has been repeating itself as frequently as a broken record in recent years, as older Hardhats have started collecting pension checks en...
NLRB seals the deal: Employers can fire workers who don't agree to arbitration
Date: Sep-06-2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Well, now it's official. 1. The National Labor Relations Act does not prohibit employers from informing employees that if they fail or refuse to sign a mandatory...
Trades respond, fume, as public comment period ends for IRAPs
Date: Sep-06-2019
WASHINGTON D.C. - The comment period for the public to express support or condemnation of a proposal to weaken the nation's traditional apprenticeship training standards closed on Aug. 26. Now...
'A lot to like' about major new development in Kalamazoo
Date: Aug-23-2019
KALAMAZOO – The city is getting a substantial new development any central business district would love: a $70 million, 290,000 square-foot building that will provide a mixed use for residential...
Holiday events and activities mark Labor's day in Michigan
Date: Aug-23-2019
The annual celebration of the American worker takes place this year on Monday, Sept. 2. Various communities around Michigan have labor day parades, picnics, entertainment and other events scheduled to...
News Briefs
Date: Aug-23-2019
CEO wages grew by 940% since '78 Don't worry, the nation's CEOs are doing fine. The income of chief executive officers (CEOs) of the top-300 firms in the U.S. has...
Tell the DOL: Hands off building trades apprenticeships
Date: Aug-20-2019
The final push is on to get union members to help block any changes that would weaken the nation's building trades apprenticeship standards. The U.S. Department of Labor has set...