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Study: Union Construction Training Has Economic, Social Benefits on Par With College Degree

Contractor employees in union apprenticeships achieve equivalent salaries, goals as college grads

September 23, 2021

Union-backed analysis of federal data says apprenticeships deliver similar compensation and social outcomes as four-year college degrees.

Cranes and projects in progress in Seattle

Washington Carpenters Union Strike Continues Week After Contract's End

James Leggate

September 23, 2021

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No new negotiations have been scheduled as union leaders work to reach a consensus with members who rejected the latest tentative contract.

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Washington Carpenters Union Strikes After Voting to Reject Contract

James Leggate

September 16, 2021

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Between 800 and 1,000 union members are on strike, impacting construction on several large project sites in and around Seattle.

Former Laborers' Union Chief of Staff Convicted of Health Care Fraud

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Jonathan Barnes

August 2, 2021

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Roderick M. Bennett illegally placed his girlfriend on the union health care plan, according to federal jury conviction.

COVID-19 and Construction

Proximity Trace Used to Monitor, Maintain Social Distancing on $1.9-Billion KCI Airport Project

Steel erector National Steel City uses Triax's wearable sensors to keep workers 6 ft apart

Jeff Yoders

August 15, 2020

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The Kansas City International Airport terminal Is the largest project yet to deploy wearable IoT tags to warn workers when they're in violation of jobsite social distancing rules.

Some Mass. Unions Remain At Odds With Gov. Over COVID-19 Construction Policy

Other union workers help open state's field hospitals

Scott Van Voorhis

Justin Rice

April 14, 2020

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Construction unions in Massachusetts remain at loggerheads with Gov. Charlie Baker as the state pushes back against calls for a statewide building moratorium amid the coronavirus crisis.

Thousands of Mass. Union Members Walk Off Jobs Due to COVID-19 Fears

Scott Van Voorhis

April 6, 2020

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More than 17,000 carpenters and painters stopped work on jobs across the state on Monday because of health and safety risks due to the pandemic, union leaders say.

41st St. Pedestrian Arch Bridge Over Lake Shore Drive

Finalists for Midwest Project of the Year Include Iconic St. Louis and Chicago Landmarks, Innovative Pedestrian Arch Bridge

The Museum at the Gateway Arch, Chicago Union Station's Great Hall and the 41st Pedestrian Arch Bridge in Chicago are up for project of the year

Jeff Yoders

October 29, 2019

ENR Midwest has announced the finalists for 2019 Project of the Year.

Former Chicago Ready-Mix Teamsters Local's Leadership Ousted, Lawsuit Planned

Drama plays out over ready-mix concrete contracts as former state senator faces embezzlement charges for a no-work union organizing job related to the joint council that wanted locals to merge

Jeff Yoders

August 30, 2019

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The union that represents Chicago area ready-mix concrete truck drivers and owner-operators has been put into trusteeship by the Teamsters national organization. Its former president says it's part of a long-term attempt to take lucrative ready-mix contracts away from Local 786.

Viewpoint

Don't Change the Rules for Construction Apprenticeship

Richard Korman

August 29, 2019

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Keep the industry exempt from a Trump administration plan to create private oversight of craft programs; the system works to prevent lowering the bar long set.