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“Once-in-a-Generation” Opportunity for Women in Construction: Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act

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The White House states that it will drive the creation of union jobs and help grow the economy in a sustainable way that makes sure all people, including under-represented communities get ahead for decades to come. According to Commonwealth Magazine , “in 1989, women made up somewhere between 2% and 3% of the national construction workforce.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Construction job openings, pay rose at.

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” Private-sector employment and union membership increased at the same rate from 2010 to 2011, leaving membership at 6.9% Employment in construction rose from an average of 6,103,000 to 6,244,000, while union employment rose from 801,000 (13.1%) to 874,000 (14.0%). For union members, earnings rose 0.8%, from $1,051 to $1,059.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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Rail service is provided by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern. Energy Transfer Equity/Trunkline LNG is in the midst of a $5.7 Its facility includes the City Docks—located 34 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel, which is 40 feet deep and 400 feet wide.

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Pulse: 07/30/2012

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New York Lincoln Equities Group is planning to build a mixed-use development at Hallets Point in Astoria, Queens. Lincoln Equities Group, 301 Route 17, Rutherford, N.J., in the South Lake Union district of Seattle. View This Weeks Magazine |. Go to Magazine Archives |. million TEUs from 680,000. Jersey City, 07305.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Cerberus, an equity player who had acquired a majority stake in Chrysler from German auto giant Daimler-Benz in 2007, went into bankruptcy in 2009. It took a federal bailout and the acquisition of Chrysler by Italy’s Fiat to keep the third-largest U.S. automaker from going the way of the dinosaurs. Names Innovation Hubs. Great Lakes U.S. -

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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AnC Bio Vermont’s new 85,000-square-foot facility will feature a clean room that meets FDA standards, according to a report in Vermont Business Magazine. According to the magazine, Stenger and his pals already have raised $90 million to finance the new bio-med facility. AnC Bio is the group’s first venture into the biotech sector.

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