Working Class Heroes

02/08/2019

Career opportunity!

01/15/2019

Who are you???

I violently agree with this. Get to creating.

01/05/2019

"The 2018 survey shows average annual salaries for 32 categories of workers, with project managers ($92,523) and project supervisors ($88,355) making the most money. The next highest salaries went to combo welders ($71,067), instrumentation technicians ($70,080), pipe welders ($69,222), power line workers ($68,262), industrial electricians ($67,269), millwrights ($66,919), tower crane operators ($66,329) and mobile crane operators ($66,119). All in all, there were 19 positions that earned an average salary of $60,000 or more."

The report shows average annual salaries for 32 categories of workers, with project managers ($92,523) and project supervisors ($88,355) making the most money.

11/17/2018

There's always more that can be done

Be strategic. Don't just keep running a play that isn't working. But if you want to get ahead, do more. Try more. Learn more. Push harder. Work longer. Dream big and execute bigger. That's the way forward.

11/04/2018

The beginning of a downward spiral 2011-

" DTE Energy is interested in purchasing as much as 3 million gallons of water daily from the Karegnondi Water Authority, the regional consortium that's pushing plans to build the pipeline, according to county Drain Commissioner Jeff Wright."

Before the first shovel of dirt is turned to build a new water pipeline to Lake Huron, there's already a potential VIP customer waiting in the wings.

10/29/2018

Coyote, a Chicago-based transportation management services company owned by UPS Inc., is planning a capital investment of up to $3.6 million in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. Having outgrown its current facility in Ann Arbor, the company plans to lease an existing building to create 300 new jobs. Coyote primarily recruits recent college graduates.

The Michigan Strategic Fund's board approved grants and tax breaks to two companies that would create 800 new jobs in the region.

10/22/2018

More great jobs for Michigan

The state of Michigan grants $1.5 million to Healthmark Industries and Location Services for creation of 245 jobs in Fraser and Pittsfield Township

10/08/2018

“The foundation of Ford — the trucks — is still healthy, but there are concerns about whether Ford has prepared for tomorrow and the future,” said Karl Brauer, executive publisher of the auto information providers Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book. “Ford hasn’t been effective enough in convincing investors that they are.”

With its stock at its lowest point since 2009, the company plans to trim its salaried work force and is exploring an alliance with Volkswagen.