The construction of the new state Holyoke Veterans Home includes a goal to use apprentices for 20% of the work hours. This $482 million, union-only project is still in the early stages, with just over ...

Latest government figures show spending on construction peaked at $1.3 billion in August; however, there is still a huge hurdle facing contractors and hindering the current boom — the availability of ...

About 43 percent of apprentices who started a joint union-employer program between 2010 and 2015 finished their program and got a credential, according to the report. Construction apprenticeships are ...

The Dept. of Labor's inbox has been swamped by more than 300,000 comments—the vast majority from construction workers, according to a top union official—weighing in on the department’s proposal to ...

Apprenticeship in union construction (left) and in the open shop (right) would change under a federal proposal that now exempts the industry. Images: IBEW (left); ABC-San Diego (right) August 29, 2019 ...

FORT SMITH -- Six students are set to graduate Tuesday from the Residential Construction Apprentice Program. The two-year program equips participants with hands-on experience, industry training and ...

Proponents of modernizing the nation’s apprenticeship system have been left hanging again, but a new administration in Washington could rekindle hopes for change that recently died with a withdrawn ...

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Monday that $1 million in federal funds will be added to a program that supports apprenticeships in construction and trade jobs. As part of the next phase ...

State labor officials marked Women in Construction Week with a new public awareness campaign and toolkit designed to increase women’s participation in the building trades and expand equitable ...

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