Cleveland Building & Construction Trades Council Blog

Wondolowski: Ohioans need to elect politicians who support the building trades

America's Work Force R...CBCTC-1July 11, 2019Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, Ed "Flash" Ferenc, election, jobs, Prevailing Wage, So Called Right to Work

Cleveland Building Trades Partner with Tall Ships Event

EventsCBCTC-1June 3, 2019Cleveland, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, Tall Ships

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

Groundbreaking for new MetroHealth Hospital

Construction ProjectsCBCTC-1April 16, 2019Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, Hospital, ICRA, Infectious Disease Control, MetroHealth, Project Labor Agreement

McGarvey and Pelosi Ddiscussed Green New Deal Alternatives

North American Buildin...CBCTC-1April 10, 2019Energy, Green New Deal, jobs, North America's Building Trade Unions, Rep- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep- Nancy Pelosi, Sean McGarvey, Sen- Edward Markey

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

Topping off ceremony keeps Q Transformation Project on schedule

Construction ProjectsCBCTC-1January 23, 2019Cleveland, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Cleveland Cavaliers, County Executive Armond Budish, Cuyahoga County, Dave Wondolowski, Len Komoroski, Mayor Frank Jackson, Quicken Loans Arena, The Q

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

Minorities and women urged to attend apprenticeship fair

Community, UncategorizedCBCTC-1October 22, 2018America's Work Force Radio, apprentice, apprenticeship, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Doreen Cannon, Ed "Flash" Ferenc

Phase one of ‘The Q’ Transformation Project finished on time

Construction ProjectsCBCTC-1October 14, 2018City of Cleveland, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Cleveland Cavaliers, construction, Cuyahoga County, Dan Gilbert, Dave Wondolowski, Len Lomoroski, Quicken Loans Arena, The Q

IBEW Local 38 pickets Euclid Amazon project

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

IBEW Local 38 reclaims Cleveland Building Trades Softball Tournament Title

EventsCBCTC-1September 5, 2018Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, IBEW Local 38, Laborers Local 310, Painters District Council 6, softball tournament, Steelworkers Local 976

Wondolowski: Janus Ruling Reshapes Constitution

America's Work Force R...CBCTC-1July 13, 2018Abood v- Detroit Board of Education, America's Work Force Radio, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, Ed "Flash" Ferenc, Janus vs- ASFCME, Mike DeWine, Rich Cordray, So Called Right to Work

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

IUPAT Volunteers complete Phase Two rehab work at The Absolute House

CommunityCBCTC-1May 29, 2018Annual Day of Community Action, Betty Sutton, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, IUPAT, IUPAT DC 6, IUPAT District Council 6, Jim Sherwood, Joe Jeffers, The Absolute house

Cleveland Building Trades Featured at NABTU Legislative Conference

America's Work Force R...CBCTC-1May 11, 2018America's Work Force Radio, apprenticeship, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, construction, Dave Wondolowski, Ed "Flash" Ferenc, NABTU, North America's Building Trade Unions, One University Circle, pension funds investment

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

Efforts to repeal Prevailing Wage will not work in Ohio

America's Work Force R...CBCTC-1February 19, 2018America's Work Force Radio, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Dave Wondolowski, Ed "Flash" Ferenc, I-480 Bridge, John Hartness Brown building, North American Building Trades Union, PLA, Prevailing Wage, Project Labor Agreement, Right to Work, school construction, Sean McGarvey, So Called Right to Work

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