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Build Better: Partner with IUPAT Success

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Thats where partnering with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) can be a game-changer. Union-trained workers are known for their productivity. Union Partnership: Work in partnership with the union to achieve mutual goals and improve project outcomes. Boost Productivity and Efficiency.

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Union Safety Resource Industrial

Smarter Workforce, Stronger Business — Hire IUPAT Apprentices

Construction Business Owner

APRIL 29, 2025

The unions focus on continuous learning means that even after completing their apprenticeship, journeypersons can pursue advance certifications, a college pathway and leadership training - creating future forepersons, supervisors, and estimators from within your existing workforce.

Union

Union Safety Contractors Products

Anna Martin, U-PACT Oregon Lead Instructor AT Ironworkers Local 29 Apprenticeship

Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Martin is now a pre-apprenticeship program instructor for Oregon’s Union Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training program (U-PACT). When she took her journeyman’s exam, she had the highest score of 27 people — and she was the only woman. Her fresh start in construction has led to fresh starts for dozens of other women.

Oregon

Oregon Union Construction

Bipartisan bill seeks deadlines for union contract agreements

Construction Dive

MARCH 11, 2025

The Faster Labor Contracts Act would put a clock on negotiations for a labor deal once workers vote to form a union.

Union

Union Contract Agreement Negotiation

How to Avoid a Commercial Construction Scandal

HardHatChat

MAY 31, 2012

Pursuing those jobs meant we would have had to use shoddy subcontractors or non-union labor where union labor would have been best. And if you’re not in a union town, like Miami, then align yourself with the best vendors. And yet, when we work in union markets like Chicago, Boston, New York and St.

Commercial

Commercial Union Chicago Bidding

Construction trade unions take different approaches to keeping workers safe during pandemic

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.

Union

Union Safety Construction

Large contractors, union shops better at anti-harassment training

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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Union Contractors

ABC: Record-High 89.7% of US Construction Workers Are Not Union Members

Construction Superintendent Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024 Union Members Summary released, a record low 10.3% construction industry belongs to a union, a decrease from the prior historic low of 10.7% of US Construction Workers Are Not Union Members appeared first on Construction Superintendent. of the U.S. million in 2023 to 8.894 million in 2024.

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Union ABC US Statistics

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.

Union

Massachusetts union members advised to return to work following strikes

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.

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Union Massachusetts Safety Industrial

NABTU: Union, wage protections must underlie $1T infrastructure plan

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.

Union

Union Infrastructure Agreement Conference

Managing Construction Payroll Complexities

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Contractors who manage payroll meticulously are less likely to face legal issues, penalties or disruptions.

Management

Management Construction Union Legal

Trending: The Rise of Prefab and Modular Commercial Construction Techniques

HardHatChat

MARCH 27, 2018

Union Considerations: As prefabricated elements and modular components become more sophisticated and more commonplace, will the shops where they are manufactured be unionized?

Commercial

Commercial Union Construction Site

Laborers' Add Paid Maternity Benefit for Women Union Members

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Members will receive $800 a week in maternity benefits for a minimum of 12 weeks, union General President Brent Booker told the Tradeswomen Build Nations conference in New Orleans.

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Union Conference

Op-Ed: The PRO Act Eliminates Freedom & Privacy in the Workplace

Construction Business Owner

MAY 22, 2020

2474, which aims to boost the number of dues-paying union members at the expense of small and local businesses, workers, entrepreneurs and main street. 6, 2020, the United States House of Representatives, by a vote of 224 to 194, passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, H.R.

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United States Union Maine Organization

Beyond Driver Exoneration: How Dash Cams Reduce Exposure to Nuclear Verdicts

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A well-designed CAT program will also align with state labor laws, contracts, and any union agreements. Timely detection and correction of unsafe behavior through video-based coaching: Helps prevent crashes and violations, Reduces potential liability, and Improves employee retention. 4) Share safety improvements.

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Safety United States Regulation Risk

Let there be light: Union Station Great Hall

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.

Union

Union Illinois AIA Infrastructure

Carpenters’ union protests wage theft, tax fraud

Construction Dive

APRIL 16, 2024

Across the U.S. and Canada, members will hold rallies to highlight the prevalent problem in construction.

Union

Union Construction

Built Robotics Partners with Union for Robotics Training

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…

Union

Union Agreement Equipment Engineering

Union calls for return of ‘unlawfully’ deported tradesworker

Construction Dive

APRIL 15, 2025

SMART characterized the U.S. government’s removal of first-year apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia as "unconscionable." " Monday, El Salvador’s president said he wouldn’t coordinate his return.

Union

Women in Construction – As Told By Women

Construction Marketing

MARCH 13, 2018

About unions…. Tamara Rivera, a former carpenter with 24 years of experience and now a council representative for the New York City Council of Carpenters, says that unions have an effect on the types of jobs women are offered: “Women experience construction very differently on the non-union versus the union side.

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Union Construction New York City Las Vegas

DC’s $8.8B Union Station upgrade moves forward

Construction Dive

APRIL 4, 2024

The 13-year megaproject would include modernized tracks and platforms, a new train hall and an underground garage.

Union

Construction Unions Well-Represented at Democratic Convention

ENR Construction

AUGUST 20, 2024

Chiefs of Laborers and Electrical Workers unions addressed delegates in Chicago as Democrats released their party platform that emphasized infrastructure funding priorities.

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Union Chicago Electrical Infrastructure

Union Square’s first ground-up development in two decades completes

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.

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Union Retail Office

OSHA's Proposed Heat Rule Draws Feedback From Contractors, Unions

ENR Construction

JUNE 19, 2025

Occupational Safety and Health Administration panel is holding a multiday virtual public hearing on its proposed workplace heat injury and illness prevention standard through July 2.

Drawings

Drawings Union OSHA Injury

NYC unions recruiting more women

Construction Dive

MARCH 27, 2019

Recruiting efforts have reportedly increased women's participation in the city's construction industry by 20% since 2006.

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Union Industrial Construction

TSMC reaches deal with Arizona union on $40B chip factory project

Construction Dive

JANUARY 18, 2024

The semiconductor giant’s plan to import workers from Taiwan sparked strong opposition from the Arizona Building and Construction Trades Council.

Arizona

Arizona Union Deals Plans

Construction Unions Well-Represented at Democratic National Convention

ENR Construction

AUGUST 20, 2024

Heads of Laborers, Electrical Workers unions address delegates in Chicago as Democrats release their party platform.

Union

Union Chicago Electrical Construction

Study: Union Construction Training Has Economic, Social Benefits on Par With College Degree

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.

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Union Construction

Next-Gen $4B Nuclear Power Plant in Wyo. Gets Key Approvals, Union Labor Agreement

ENR Construction

MARCH 6, 2025

Developer TerraPower and contractor Bechtel will work under union pact to build a proposed 345-MW sodium-cooled fast nuclear reactor in Wyoming.

Union

Union Wyoming Agreement Contractors

Construction groups decry PRO Act’s reintroduction

Construction Dive

MARCH 12, 2025

Bernie Sanders was among the legislators to reintroduce the law, which would tip the labor negotiating scales in favor of unions.

Union

Union Negotiation Construction

Construction unions call on Massachusetts governor to strengthen COVID-19 protections

Construction Dive

JUNE 9, 2020

The Massachusetts Building Trades Council wants more worker protections regarding coronavirus, such as the right to stop work and not lose out on pay.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Union Construction

Carpenters Union in Southwest Elects Its First Hispanic Leader

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.

Union

Campaign Contributions Pour Out from Construction Groups, Unions

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ABC, AGC, ACEC contributions already top their totals for the full 2020 election cycle, while labor union spending is steady or slightly up from past elections.

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Union ACEC ABC AGC

Unions call for PLA on $2B Columbus airport terminal

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.

Columbus

Columbus Union Airports Contractors

Former Philadelphia Union Local Chief Found Guilty For Second Time

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A birthday dinner former union business manage John Dougherty, and gifts to relatives, were allegedly paid with union funds.

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Union Philadelphia Management

Construction Unions Protest Amazon Projects in Massachusetts

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.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Union Plans Construction

Spat between union and Connecticut DOT drags FIGG into another bridge controversy

Construction Dive

MARCH 18, 2020

A bill calls for state DOT engineers rather than consultants like FIGG to inspect infrastructure projects while a union in support of it questions the FIU bridge designer's role in the Arrigoni Bridge project as an example.

DOT

DOT Union Connecticut Inspections

North Atlantic States Carpenters create state-of-the-art skills trainings tailored to employers’ needs

Construction Dive

MARCH 24, 2025

Carpenters union builds custom trainings that help its business partners succeed.

Union

Union Employment

Nevada governor signs prevailing wage, union bills

Construction Dive

MAY 30, 2019

Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak said the new laws will "right anti-worker wrongs" imposed by the state's 2015 Republican-controlled legislature.

Nevada

Nevada Union

Former Philadelphia Local Union Chief Found Guilty For Second Time

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A birthday dinner former union business manage John Dougherty, and gifts to relatives, were allegedly paid with union funds.

Union

Union Philadelphia Management

Minnesota School Projects Study Says Unions Increase Safety Without Higher Costs

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.

Union

Union Safety Minnesota Materials

Unfair labor practice charges on the rise

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Reports of labor violations and union petitions to the NLRB both rose in the last year. Here’s what construction employers need to know.

Union

Union Employment Construction

After stalled labor talks, $2B Columbus airport project receives more funds

Construction Dive

JULY 10, 2024

Negotiations between local unions and contractors did not yield an agreement, but Hensel Phelps and the project owner say they’re dedicated to hiring local, disadvantaged businesses.

Columbus

Columbus Union Negotiation Airports

Build Better: Partner with IUPAT Success

Smarter Workforce, Stronger Business — Hire IUPAT Apprentices

Trending Sources

Anna Martin, U-PACT Oregon Lead Instructor AT Ironworkers Local 29 Apprenticeship

Bipartisan bill seeks deadlines for union contract agreements

How to Avoid a Commercial Construction Scandal

Construction trade unions take different approaches to keeping workers safe during pandemic

Large contractors, union shops better at anti-harassment training

ABC: Record-High 89.7% of US Construction Workers Are Not Union Members

Union approval at a record high, despite falling rates

Massachusetts union members advised to return to work following strikes

NABTU: Union, wage protections must underlie $1T infrastructure plan

Managing Construction Payroll Complexities

Trending: The Rise of Prefab and Modular Commercial Construction Techniques

Laborers' Add Paid Maternity Benefit for Women Union Members

Op-Ed: The PRO Act Eliminates Freedom & Privacy in the Workplace

Beyond Driver Exoneration: How Dash Cams Reduce Exposure to Nuclear Verdicts

Let there be light: Union Station Great Hall

Carpenters’ union protests wage theft, tax fraud

Built Robotics Partners with Union for Robotics Training

Union calls for return of ‘unlawfully’ deported tradesworker

Women in Construction – As Told By Women

DC’s $8.8B Union Station upgrade moves forward

Construction Unions Well-Represented at Democratic Convention

Union Square’s first ground-up development in two decades completes

OSHA's Proposed Heat Rule Draws Feedback From Contractors, Unions

NYC unions recruiting more women

TSMC reaches deal with Arizona union on $40B chip factory project

Construction Unions Well-Represented at Democratic National Convention

Study: Union Construction Training Has Economic, Social Benefits on Par With College Degree

Next-Gen $4B Nuclear Power Plant in Wyo. Gets Key Approvals, Union Labor Agreement

Construction groups decry PRO Act’s reintroduction

Construction unions call on Massachusetts governor to strengthen COVID-19 protections

Carpenters Union in Southwest Elects Its First Hispanic Leader

Campaign Contributions Pour Out from Construction Groups, Unions

Unions call for PLA on $2B Columbus airport terminal

Former Philadelphia Union Local Chief Found Guilty For Second Time

Construction Unions Protest Amazon Projects in Massachusetts

Spat between union and Connecticut DOT drags FIGG into another bridge controversy

North Atlantic States Carpenters create state-of-the-art skills trainings tailored to employers’ needs

Nevada governor signs prevailing wage, union bills

Former Philadelphia Local Union Chief Found Guilty For Second Time

Minnesota School Projects Study Says Unions Increase Safety Without Higher Costs

Unfair labor practice charges on the rise

After stalled labor talks, $2B Columbus airport project receives more funds

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