January 19, 2015 By Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President The recent jobs report set off cheering: a quarter million positions added in December; unemployment declining to 5.6 percent. This good news arrived
January 12, 2015 By Sean McGarvey, President of North America's Building Trades Unions Washington, DC – North America's Building Trades Unions are pleased that a bi-partisan majority of the U.S.
January 8, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—That’s how the president of the 500,000-member California Building and Construction Trades described the fierce political battle over the last 15 years
January 6, 2015 By Stephanie West Boston, MA- Construction leaders in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine have endorsed the building of a natural gas pipeline from New York to the
January 1, 2015 By Stephanie West New York, NY – The negotiating committees of Local 94 and the Reality Advisory Board reached a tentative agreement this week covering approximately 4,000
December 25, 2014 By Stephanie West Long Island, NY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded a contract for the design and construction of a new bridge over the railroad
December 18, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The president of the Heat & Frost Insulators Local 12 participated in the climate forum hosted by the Alliance for a Greater
December 17, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The City of New York’s continued reliance on large-scale housing developers who hire problematic building contractors brought an angry response from organized
December 15, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Queens, NY – District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades continues to strengthen its alliance with non-traditional allies this week,
December 12, 2014 By Dan Husted Lansing, Michigan – The construction of new, clean energy infrastructure that will carry natural gas has spurred considerable debate in our region. This $4.3
