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Cleveland Building Trades Members demonstrate outside Cleveland area Menards

Construction Issues, UncategorizedCBCTC-1May 5, 2019Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, David Gelo, Demonstration, Menards

Multiemployer pension plan fix must happen this year

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1March 6, 2019Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Congress, Dave Wondolowski, Michael Scott, Multiemployer Pension Plan, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, NCCMP, PBGC, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Carpenters protest wage theft

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1November 30, 2018AC by Marriott, Brennan Grayson, Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center, Don Crane, Halle Building, IKORCC, Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters, Miami University, Wage Theft

IBEW Local 38 pickets Euclid Amazon project

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1October 8, 2018Amazon, Dennis Meaney, Euclid, IBEW Local 38, Intelligrated, jobs, protest

Labor Leaders react to Janus ruling

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1July 9, 2018ACT Ohio, AFL-CIO, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, IBEW, IUPAT, Janus, Janus vs- ASFCME, Joseph Sellers Jr-, Ken Rigmaiden, LiUNA, Lonnie Stephenson, Richard Trumpka, Rob Dorans, SMART, Terry O'Sullivan

Public unions hit hard by Janus ruling

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1July 2, 2018Abood v- Detroit Board of Education, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, Janus, Janus vs- ASFCME, So Called Right to Work

Pension plans invest in Cleveland projects

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1April 25, 2018AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust, Church & State, Cleveland, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Crain's, Dave Wondolowski, Employee Real Estate Construction Trust Funds, ERECT Funds, health and welfare investment funds, One University Circle, pension funds investment, The Residences at 1717 East Ninth Street

Study: Repealing Prevailing Wage does not save money on construction projects

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1February 18, 2018Cleveland, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, Indiana, Midwest Economic Policy Institute, Prevailing Wage

Ohio, Nation see increased union membership

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1February 7, 2018AFL-CIO, jobs, Richard Trumpka, union, union workforce

McGarvey: Ensure multiemployer pension plan security

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1January 30, 2018AGC, Associated General Contractors of America, composite funds, multiemployer pension funds, NABTU, North American Building Trades Union, retirement, Sean McGarvey, Stephen Sandherr

Roundtable Talk Sparks Community Investment Ideas

Construction Issues, EducationCBCTC-1October 3, 2017AFL Housing Investment Trust, AT&T, building, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Courtyard by Marriot, Dave Wondolowski, ERECT Fund, financing, investment, jobs, PLA, Project Labor Agreement

New Poll Shows Nearly Half of Americans Losing Faith in Financial Power of Bachelor’s Degree

Construction Issues, Education, TrainingCBCTC-1October 2, 2017apprenticeship, bachelor's degree, Careers, college debt, college degree, Employment, NBC News poll, Wall Street Journal poll

Diverse Building Trades Workforce Safely Constructs Cleveland Hilton Hotel

Cleveland Building Trades are Becoming More Diverse

Cleveland Building &am..., Community, Construction IssuesCBCTC-1May 9, 2016African-American, Bricklayers Local 5, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Diverse, Diversified Workforce, IBEW Local 38, Latino, Minorities

Women Discuss Working in Building Trades

Cleveland Building &am..., Community, Construction IssuesCBCTC-1April 28, 2016apprenticeship, Cleveland, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Employment, jobs, Video, Women in Construction

ACT Ohio Adds Current Prevailing Wage Information To Their Website

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1April 22, 2016ACT Ohio, Ohio Department of Commerce, Prevailing Wage Rates

New Cleveland Building Trades Video Urges Viewers To Become Apprentices

Cleveland Building &am..., Community, Construction IssuesCBCTC-1April 18, 2016apprenticeship, Cleveland, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, community, earn while you learn, Employment, jobs, training

Construction Leaders Promote PLA Use

Cleveland Building &am..., Construction IssuesCBCTC-1September 14, 2015Cleveland Convention Center, cleveland-com, Hilton, PLA, Plain Dealer, Project Labor Agreement

Employee Misclassification Costing Billions in Tax Revenue

Construction IssuesCBCTC-1July 6, 2015employee misclassification, FICA, fraud, independent contractors, IRS, labor standards, taxes