Engineering and construction education programs and issues-college and university, K-12; STEM; worker shortages;; craft and professional training and compensation; immigration issues; Dept. of Labor workforce regulation, data and trends; organized labor; open shop; diversity; federal contractor compliance; pensions liability; global migrant workers; worker abuse; whistleblowers; workplace culture; worker misclassification; employee and workforce management
Energy sector construction added nearly 90,000 U.S. jobs last year, a 4.5% increase and more than double the overall job growth rate—but will changing EV trends now put growth at risk?
Revised jobs report cuts the previous number by 0.5%, or 818,000 jobs, but one expert says it won't have much effect on unemployment rate data or future policymaking.
Chiefs of Laborers and Electrical Workers unions addressed delegates in Chicago as Democrats released their party platform that emphasized infrastructure funding priorities.
Six-week program sponsored by NAWIC is exposing potential female craft professionals to the skills needed and benefits gained of working in construction.