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Michigan Distribution Contractors Association (MDCA) As of January 1, 2011, MITA is happy to announce that the association will begin representing the Michigan Distribution Contractors Association in all matters relating to that industry’s collective bargaining agreements. As part of this consolidation, MDCA will be dissolved and all three utility distribution

March 23, 2010 RE: Teamster Fringe Adjustments The following Fringe Benefits become effective April 1, 2010: Underground Construction: Counties of Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Monroe, St. Clair, Genesee, Shiawassee and Lapeer. Health & Welfare – $327.95 per week Pension – $46.20 per day with maximum of $231.00 per week Road Construction: Entire State Health

After years of work, MDOT, in conjunction with Industry, has posted an updated Traffic Regulating Instruction Manual. The system operations advisory instructs all traffic regulators and supervisors to read the manual. The Standard Specification is being developed. Click here for the updated manual. To read MDOT’s System Operations Advisory, Click

EPA and the government partners working on the Enbridge oil spill have received many calls from contractors interested in doing business with the response effort. Businesses currently working at the site are under contract with the agency to perform work under EPA’s Superfund Technical Assistance and Response Team (START) and

TABLE AGREEMENT FOR UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN THE MICHIGAN INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 324 1. Clean up grammatical, typographical and references to AUC in the language of the Contract. 2. “During the term of this Agreement, the Union will reallocate money from the

The Roads to Pure Michigan are Pure HELL – check out this silly Pure MI spoof video released today by the Michigan Transportation Team. http://bit.ly/PureHell What can you do now that you watched the video?? – Pass it along to your friends by e-mail, Facebook or Twitter. – Contact your legislator regarding the

Prospects for reauthorization of the federal highway spending bill seem remote given the current climate in Washington. Kenneth Orski, a public policy consultant in Washington wrote a brief analysis that we thought we would share with you. His column underscores the importance of contacting your congressman over the summer break.

Memorandum TO: Contractors Members Signatory to the MITA/Operating Engineers -local 324 Underground Agreements FROM: Michael A. Nystrom, Executive Vice President RE: Collective Bargaining Agreement Negotiations The current Underground Construction Agreement between MITA and the Operating Engineers – Local 324 expires at the end of August, 2010. Therefore, I have

Please be advised that in accordance with the 2008-2013 Agreement between the Labor Relations Division of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association and the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council 43 there will be NO wage adjustments on June 1, 2010. The next adjustments will take place on June 1, 2011.

Don’t waste your summer. Educate your local candidates for office about infrastructure issues before the upcoming election. Even if every incumbent running for reelection to the state legislature is successful, over half the legislature will be brand new in January. Now is the time to educate and support pro infrastructure











