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John Deere Union Workers Accept 6-Year Contract With UAW

Construction Equipment

United Auto Workers (UAW) approved a six-year contract covering 10,000 John Deere employees across 12 factories in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas, reports WQAD8. A $3,500 bonus. .

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Municipal “Green Streets” Redevelopment Project Wins 2015 Iowa ASLA Award

Business Facilities

Municipal “Green Streets” Redevelopment Project Wins 2015 Iowa ASLA Award appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. The green pilot program will assist the community in creating sustainable practices including energy efficient measures for local businesses and green infrastructure in many projects across the city.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

Meanwhile, Pro Builder ’s 2023 Housing Forecast Survey found builders are relying on a wide range of sources to help refill the labor pool, putting themselves at the top of the list and followed closely by state or local HBAs, independent recruiting services or programs, trade partners, and local labor unions, in that order.

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September / October 2017 Issue (Volume 50, Number 5)

Business Facilities

Tennessee: Tyson Foods Expansion | The company plans to spend approximately $80 million to add 25,000 square feet to its Union City facility. The Grand Parkway to Success | Tomball’s Business & Technology Park offers quick access at an ideal address on nearly 100 acres.

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Business Report: Illinois Leaders Form Non-Profit to Spur Job Creation

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

and Grundy Center, Iowa. The Illinois FILM Office promotes Illinois as a location for film, television and advertising productions, providing assistance with everything from location scouting, hiring cast and crew to working with local unions and guilds. The Wheeling plant will be Richelieu’s fifth.

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Dan Scott, conductor of the orchestra

The Korte Company

Then, the local carpenters union approached Host with a deal. Louis area and also made regular stops as far away as Cedar Rapids, Iowa; St. In just 70 days, crews built the café inside what had been the arched-roof train platforms of Union Station. You worked hard,” Dan said. “It It was a long, hard day.”. at the time.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Massive solar-power facilities have come online in the California desert; forests of wind turbines have been hooked up to grids in Iowa and West Texas. Thus far, offshore wind energy has been the neglected stepchild of the alternative energy revolution that has been sweeping across the nation for the past five years.

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