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Former Indiana Iron Workers' Union Agent Receives Four-Year Sentence for Jobsite Attack

ENR Construction

Former union business agent Thomas Williamson, 70, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for a 2016 extortion attempt and violent beating of a non-union contractor.

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Former Indiana Iron Workers Union Officials Plead Guilty to Violent Extortion

ENR Construction

Local's former president and ex-business agent plead guilty to extortion in 2016 of nonunion construction crew working on a church project.

Union 67
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Test Your Construction Industry Knowledge!

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Q2: Between 2016 and 2025, open positions in the construction industry will increase by…? Q3: What percentage of the construction labor force are union workers? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), open positions in the construction industry will increase by approximately 12% between 2016 and 2025. Denver Airport.

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Rail union fatcat said he’d ‘throw a party’ if Boris Johnson died of coronavirus in vile Facebook posts

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A RAIL union fatcat said he would “throw a party” if Boris Johnson died of coronavirus. Steve Hedley (left), with RMT union boss Mick Cash and Jeremy Corbyn. Last November The Sun revealed how Hedley – whose union caused misery at Christmas with extensive rail strikes – was facing an anti-Semitism probe.

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Q2 Construction Labor Costs $28.13/Hour

Job Order Contracting

The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, job openings and labor turnover, union membership and representation, gross job gains and losses, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

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Older, Not Wiser? Workplace Fatalities Highest Amongst Older Generation

FDR Safety

AFLCIO : These are challenging times for working people and their unions, and the prospects for worker safety and health protections are uncertain. In 2016, over 36% of all workers killed on the job were older than 55, leading us to question why. There is much more work to be done.

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6th National Conference for Women in the Trades April 29 – May 1

Construction Equipment

Sponsored by Chicago Women in Trades and North America’s Building Trades Unions, the April 29 - May 1, 2016 event will be held at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Conference Center, Rosemont, Illinois near O'Hare.