Articles Tagged with ''North America's Building Trades Unions''

Investment giant aims funding infusion to train up to 50K skilled workers through 2031 to fast-track US hyperscale AI data centers and related power infrastructure.

Bechtel, Fluor, Turner Construction, North America’s Building Trades Unions, DPR, Kiewit, Clark Construction and Skanska execs aim to lower industry's craftworker suicide rate and boost mental health.

Labor unions reportedly plan to spend as much as eight figures to support the current president's reelection.

New Bureau of Labor Statistics report says union portion of the total private sector construction workforce declined last year to 11.7%, the lowest annual level in a decade, but building trades counter that data understates organized labor strength.

Fatal construction accidents were down about 2% overall in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, but some types of construction accidents saw worrying increases.

Proposed changes would be the first major revisions to the law in about 40 years.

Industry's 1,061 construction fatalities in 2019 is the highest number since 2007, BLS says.

Union group's leader cites Trump Administration lack of action on infrastructure, infectious-disease safety standard and pension issues.