Union approval at a record high, despite falling rates
Construction Dive
JANUARY 29, 2024
While the percentage of the workforce that is unionized is declining, “membership is growing in value,” a Gallup report indicated.
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Construction Dive
JANUARY 29, 2024
While the percentage of the workforce that is unionized is declining, “membership is growing in value,” a Gallup report indicated.
Construction Dive
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
While more than two-thirds of contractors emphasize the importance of inclusion, just 34% of small companies and 42% of non-union shops do so, a new report found.
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ENR Construction
DECEMBER 13, 2023
A birthday dinner former union business manage John Dougherty, and gifts to relatives, were allegedly paid with union funds.
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 13, 2023
A birthday dinner former union business manage John Dougherty, and gifts to relatives, were allegedly paid with union funds.
Construction Dive
APRIL 16, 2024
Across the U.S. and Canada, members will hold rallies to highlight the prevalent problem in construction.
Construction Dive
APRIL 4, 2024
The 13-year megaproject would include modernized tracks and platforms, a new train hall and an underground garage.
Construction Dive
APRIL 13, 2020
Some unions are directing members to stop work on projects that are allegedly failing to enforce COVID-19 safety measures. Others leave it up to the workers.
FDR Safety
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
OSHA’s policy of allowing union representatives to accompany agency compliance officers in walk-around inspections of worksites, even if the union doesn’t represent company employees, is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. The NFIB lawsuit, filed in U.S.
Construction Dive
APRIL 24, 2020
Effective April 21, the work stoppage directive issued by the state's largest industry union earlier this month is no longer in effect for essential projects with acceptable COVID-19 safety protocols.
ENR Construction
MARCH 9, 2022
undocumented and worked as a union laborer, for encouraging him to become a carpenter. Rodriguez credits his father, an immigrant who arrived in the U.S.
ENR Construction
JANUARY 19, 2023
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.
ENR Construction
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
International Accreditation Services has certified two programs and union leaders are seeking certification for a third.
Construction Equipment
MARCH 19, 2020
The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) and Built Robotics announced a multi-year strategic partnership agreement. The partnership will establish a training program to prepare the more than 400,000 IUOE members to oversee and manage robotic equipment, as well as work alongside…
Construction Business Owner
JULY 29, 2013
Most employers think of the NLRA as the federal law that governs how employers recognize and deal with unions, and with more than 93 percent of the private sector not represented by unions, many construction employers believe this law may not apply to their workforces. Others simply are unfamiliar with this law.'
FDR Safety
MAY 10, 2013
Non-union employees can select anyone, including representatives of a union, to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during an inspection of their worksite, according to a recent interpretation letter issued by OSHA. As noted in an article by the Constangy Brooks & Smith law firm, the letter is provoking a backlash from employers.
ENR Construction
JULY 20, 2021
New study says that union construction projects are similar in cost to non-union projects because higher union labor costs are offset by savings in other project components such as materials and safety, but critics point to prevailing wage laws that may have skewed its findings.
ENR Construction
APRIL 5, 2021
Amazon faces rising opposition from trade unions and other critics as it forges ahead with plans to build a series of giant logistics centers across Massachusetts.
Construction Dive
APRIL 10, 2019
Union leaders and lawmakers at a conference this week called for prevailing wages, project labor agreements and other standards to be included.
ENR Construction
MAY 17, 2023
Washington, DC’s Union Station has taken a major step toward a long-overdue expansion and revitalization.
BD+C
JANUARY 20, 2021
300 Grant Avenue, a 70.000-sf mixed-use project, has been completed, making it the first new ground-up development in San Francisco’s Union Square in over 20 years. The project includes approximately 28,100 sf of retail and 41,500 sf of Class A office space.
Construction Dive
OCTOBER 31, 2023
A local trade group has asked general contractor Hensel Phelps to commit to paying workers a prevailing wage, a policy the contractor said it has already instituted.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Originally completed in 1925, Chicago’s Union Station was designated a landmark in 2002 and listed by AIA Illinois as one of the 200 Illinois Great Places.
ENR Construction
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Historic petition to unionize in architecture hits snag on eve of vote by NY firm SHoP, but Architectural Workers United isn't done with sector organizing, says Architectural Record, ENR's sister publication.
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Union construction apprenticeships deliver similar salary and social outcomes such as marriage and home ownership as four-year college degrees, according to an analysis of 10 years of Department of Labor and Census Bureau data.
Constructonomics
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
I’ve occasionally dansed around the issue of construction labor unions on this site, but of course I have not taken any definitive stance on one side or the other. Labor union grew substantially as a result of the industrial revolution in the late 1800s. The construction industry is not as strangled by labor unions (a.k.a.
Construction Dive
AUGUST 23, 2018
For the second time, the International Union of Operating Engineers and Associated General Contractors of Washington failed to reach an agreement on work conditions, hours and wages.
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Several regional union leaders resigned amid alleged contract vote fraud after members narrowly agreed to pact last month following several week strike.
ENR Construction
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Historic petition to unionize in architecture hits snag on eve of vote by NY firm, but Architectural Workers United isn't done with sector organizing, says Architectural Record, ENR sister publication.
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
No new negotiations have been scheduled as union leaders work to reach a consensus with members who rejected the latest tentative contract.
BD+C
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
The Beloit College Powerhouse, the school’s new student union, combines a group of historic buildings that made up the Blackhawk Generating Station (originally built between 1908 and 1947) along with a new field house addition.
Construction Dive
MARCH 28, 2024
Hire360 targets recruiting minorities and women to the trades, leveraging partnerships with big name developers, contractors and unions.
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Several regional union leaders resigned amid possible contract vote fraud after members narrowly agreed to pact last month following several week strike.
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Several regional union leaders resigned amid possible contract vote fraud after members narrowly agreed to pact last month following several week strike.
BD+C
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Chicago’s Union Station Great Hall, originally designed in 1925, needed substantial repairs due to water leakage and deterioration due to flaws in the original design. The Great Hall restoration project was the most recent in a series of Union Station restoration projects that began in 2010.
ENR Construction
JANUARY 24, 2021
in 2020; unionized sector was down 5.9%, nonunion sector dipped 7.9%. Total construction workforce fell 6.3%
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Best Project Renovation/Restoration: Union Mills 37
BD+C
OCTOBER 21, 2019
the new IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union (IHMVCU) headquarters has completed construction. Located next to the Mississippi River in Moline, Ill., The LEO A DALY-designed building was designed to reflect an employee-centered culture.
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 11, 2019
To help meet the industry’s persistent demand for heavy equipment operators, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers has gone virtual.
Constructonomics
APRIL 28, 2012
But regardless of the spelling, labor (labour) unions in the construction industry are like the pink elephant in the room that nobody dares to speak of. While construction labor unions can act and have acted as the 800 pound gorilla, in the previous reference they are clearly the pink elephant. *. For a few reasons.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
The building, constructed in the 1960s in the Bronzeville neighborhood, south of the Loop, attracted the interest of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 134, which was looking to move out of its West Side union hall.
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 15, 2021
The Blue Federal Credit Union World Headquarters development in Cheyenne covers more than eight acres, spans five buildings and features Class A office space, retail and commercial suites. .
ENR Construction
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Union membership in construction rose by 31,000 to 1.02 million in 2021 from its 2020 level.
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