DETROIT – The Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights is announcing that members’ children seeking higher education can apply for a Kids’ Chance of Michigan scholarship. The scholarship is being made available through the workers’ compensation community, which union carpenters and millwrights are a part of. This scholarship is offered to children with a parent that [...]
Work in Canada is starting soon. For more information please contact Nick McCreary at the MRCC. Nick McCreary, Canada Coordinator for the MRCC nick.mccreary@hammer9.com Office: (313) 832-3887 Learn more about workin in Canada at Carpenters.org
Sometime between the end of the Republican primary in August 2010 and Labor Day a few weeks later, I sat down with then-candidate Rick Snyder, who was running for governor of Michigan. A mutual friend suggested we meet. Snyder spoke about priorities hardworking Michiganders care about. Creating jobs, keeping taxes low, reducing the size of [...]
The following letter was in the Detroit Free Press:
“State GOP vs. the people”
As his party’s standard-bearer, Gov. Rick Snyder’s fraud about right-to-work is symptomatic of a larger problem that plagues Republicans: They can no longer be trusted about anything because the Republican Party in Michigan can’t even keep its most basic promises.”
MIRS 3/19/13 (DETROIT) — The economic messages varied greatly this morning depending on which end of the Cobo Center you found yourself. Inside a crowded room on one end, Gov. Rick SNYDER kicked off an economic summit with the state’s business leaders. Snyder’s focus today was growing and keeping high-quality talent in Michigan. “The greatest asset we [...]
This article by John Rummel was published in the People’s World on March 19, 2013 DETROIT – Inside Cobo Hall, Detroit’s convention arena, corporate CEOs gathered to discuss the state’s economy at Gov. Snyder’s two-day economic summit. Outside, cheers broke out when Registered Nurse John Armelagos declared, “While the governor entertains his rich friends, we [...]
This viewpoint was published in the Lansing State Journal on March 7, 2013. Prevailing wage laws attract skilled, safe and productive workers who ensure that projects are done on budget, saving costs for businesses and taxpayers. Prevailing wage laws ensure tax dollars are used to create jobs for local Michigan workers, not given to fly-by-night [...]
Please join us Wednesday, January 16, in Lansing for the State of the State Address. Bring your friends and family and support working families in Michigan.
A video of Brandon Dillon, State Representative in the 75th District. “A Politician Loses It On The State House Floor, Says What All Of Us Are Thinking.”
Join us as we rally at the capital against Right to Work legislation. We’ll be in Lansing on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. We hope to see you there.