DETROIT, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan Labor Leader Patrick "Shorty" Gleason blasted Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero today for a meeting he is planning to hold April 15 with supporters in the new Troppo building in downtown Lansing.

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec.

By Jeff Shields, The Philadelphia Inquirer Feb. 1--Another deadline will be blown today on the $700 million expansion of the Convention Center, as start of construction awaits a deal between the building-trades unions and City Council over minority hiring.

By Jeff Shields, The Philadelphia Inquirer Dec. 1

By Karen Vigil, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Nov. 11--A dozen trade unions, Xcel Energy and Bechtel were the headliners Friday at a job fair held at the Pueblo Convention Center.