Union Carpenters to Build I Promise Housing Complex
Hannah Irwin, IKORCC
Home to the one-of-a-kind I Promise School initiated by a partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation and Akron Public Schools, the I Promise complex is ready for the next big phase of their innovative learning model.
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Mason Contractors Association Awards Local 5 Scholarship
The Mason Contractors Association (MCA) recently awarded BAC Local 5 family member, Nicole Pishnery its 2021 MCA Scholarship. Nicole graduated magna cum laude from Baldwin Wallace with a Bachelors of Arts degree in 2014.
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Study: Union Construction Training Has Economic, Social Benefits on Par With College Degree
Jeff Yoders, ENR Midwest
Union apprenticeship programs in the construction industry produce salary and social outcomes for workers equivalent to the jobs and social situations of those with four-year college degrees, a new union-backed study of 10 years of federal statistics concludes.
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Budish Announces New Initiative Aimed at Training People for Construction Jobs, While Focusing on Equity
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH - On June 4 Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish announced new initiatives aimed at training people for good paying jobs in the building trades, while focusing on minorities. Pending County Council approval of a new collective bargaining agreement, the County, in partnership with Cleveland Builds, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping candidates find opportunities in construction, will provide pre-employment education and training for electricians, carpenters, plumbers, and other building trades.
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Tax Credits for Voluntary Paid Leave through March 31, 2021 (swacca.org)
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) required employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid sick and family leave to employees during the period of April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. Covered employers who provided paid leave were 100% reimbursed through a payroll tax credit mechanism, which has been extended through March 31, 2021.
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New U.S. Labor Regulation Would Hurt Contractors & Workers
In this opinion piece in Fortune, signatory contractor, Scott Casabona (Sloan & Company), explains how a proposed federal labor regulation would make it even easier for unscrupulous contractors to shift the cost of being an employer onto workers by classing them as "independent contractors."
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Collective Bargaining During First Half of 2020 Yields Average First Year Increase of 2.8%
Negotiators conducting collective bargaining between January and June of this year agreed to raise construction craft workers’ wage and fringe benefits by an average of 2.8 percent or $1.58 during the first contract year, according to the Construction Labor Research Council’s (CLRC) latest Settlements Report. This compares to 2.8 percent or $1.65 for the same period in 2019 and 2.9 percent or $1.67 for all of 2019.
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Cleveland Builds Program Launches Construction Careers
New Cleveland Builds program creates a pipeline to union building and construction trade careers in the Greater Cleveland region.
The program will launch new opportunities for construction trade unions. The program is a new workforce development nonprofit that connects hard-working Clevelanders with middle-class jobs and tuition-free training in union construction apprenticeships in the Greater Cleveland region.
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