LIUNA Staff

Michigan Laborers Statement Mourning Two Union Members’ Deaths

Lansing, Mich – The Michigan Laborers District Council mourns the loss of two Laborers Union members, Nicholas Andres Sada and Davyon Desmond Aereailes Rose, who were struck and killed by a motorist early Saturday morning in Ypsilanti Township. Sada was a 23-year-old with Laborers Local 1191 from Lansing and Rose was a 23-year-old with Laborers …

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MLTAI Organizes Disaster Relief Efforts After Midland and Sanford Floods 

MLTAI recently participated in a disaster relief effort in Sanford Michigan. During the Memorial holiday weekend, MLTAI Training Director Lynn Coleman organized a volunteer group in response to the failed dams and the flood damage that followed in the area. With 60 different LiUNA members, training staff, contractor partners, friends, family, volunteers and apprentices, they …

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Michigan Laborers Help Rebuild Sanford War Memorial After Flood

The Michigan Laborers and Michigan Laborers Training and Apprentice Institute were proud to present the Burgess Family with a $5,000 check that will go towards rebuilding the Veterans War Memorial that was destroyed in the Sanford flood. The memorial was dedicated to veterans and lance corporal Ryan Burgess who was killed in Iraq. To make …

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Michigan Laborers’ Inaugural Apprentice of the Year Award

The Michigan Laborers’ Training and Apprenticeship Institute (MLTAI) is inviting nominations for its inaugural Apprentice of the Year Award. The award is a formal recognition of a Michigan Laborer that is currently enrolled in our apprenticeship program, and who demonstrates excellence on the job and in the classroom. This includes, but is not limited to: …

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Michigan LiUNA Lowers Health Care Self Payment to $100 in Response to COVID19

In response to the ongoing COVID19 Virus outbreak the Trustees of the Michigan Laborers Health Care Fund and the Laborers Metropolitan Health Care Fund have taken action to lower Active Participants Self Payments to $100 a month. The change will help Members that have been effected by the pandemic to better afford healthcare self-payments so …

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National Apprenticeship Week

Michigan Laborers District Council is proud to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, November 11-17, 2019. In partnership with the Michigan Laborers Training and Apprenticeship Institute (MLTAI), we will be communicating the importance of apprenticeship and attending events throughout the week that highlight the benefits to educators, businesses, and communities. An apprenticeship with the Laborers offers an …

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Work Began on New Gordie Howe International Bridge

Construction will commence soon on the new Gordie Howe International Bridge. Beginning next week, work crews will began site preparation work on the $5.4 billion bridge to Canada. Members of the Laborers Union are excited to build and be apart of the historic piece of infrastructure that will define the skyline and commerce of Detroit …

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