Articles Tagged with ''building trades unions''

Recruitment bonuses are no longer solely the domain of executive and professional-level positions at construction firms.

As virtual reality technologies continue to evolve, construction trade unions are showing interest in incorporating them into apprenticeship training. 

But observers watch signals in hot markets and actions in city halls and state legislatures.

As many as 170,000 Quebec construction workers walked off the job on May 24, halting work on the new Champlain bridge over the St. Lawrence, the Turcot Interchange in Montreal and other big projects.

President Trump continues to court construction unions, telling the North America’s Building Trades Unions annual legislative conference that he wants to rebuild infrastructure, streamline project permitting and reduce undocumented labor.

State lawmakers voted down a right-to-work bill supported by New Hampshire’s Republican governor in a Republican majority state, delivering a stunning reprieve for unions at a time when other states are passing such bills over union opposition.