GRAND RAPIDS - Amy Pierce-Danders is the new Director of Workforce Development for the Associated Builders and Contractors Western Michigan Chapter. Pierce-Danders’ position opened up by the recent promotion of Jen Schottke to Vice President of Operations. “The addition of Amy Pierce-Danders and the promotion of Jen Schottke continue to signal the growth of the
LANSING - Michigan's 53-year-old law requiring union scale wages to be paid to workers on public construction projects is no more after the Republican-majority Legislature passed the initiated legislation, accompanied by multiple chants and outbursts in the House by Democrats and furious construction workers who packed the gallery. The Senate voted largely along party lines,
LANSING - If the state ends its prevailing wage statute, it will not save money as supporters argue, a group of construction and union executives said on Monday. In fact, repealing prevailing wage would make it more difficult to hire skilled trades workers, and eventually any savings would be negated because costs will go up,
