Cleveland Building Trades Tradeswomen volunteering at Haven House an overflow shelter for women and children.
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Union Heads Praise Biden Infrastructure Plan -President Joe Biden’s 10-year, $2 trillion infrastructure plan calls for more than just the construction of roads and bridges. The plan will include, among other items, green retrofitting of schools, construction of energy-efficient housing and $400 billion for new infrastructure for child care and elder care.
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a member of Laborers Local 223 and former head of the Greater Boston Building Trades Union, was officially appointed U.S. Labor Secretary on March 22. Walsh became the first union member in decades to head the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Major Projects Across Ohio Boost 2021 Construction Outlook
In Ohio, officials closely involved with the union trades are seeing signs of a somewhat positive outlook for 2021, anchored by a number of large projects.
The Columbus area leads the way, with multiple massive, billion-dollar projects underway or set to break ground in 2021.
In 2019, members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council logged about 6.75 million manhours. C/COBCTC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager believes they topped that mark in 2020.
Thanks to the ongoing building boom in the area, he anticipates the potential for even more hours worked by affiliated unions in 2021.
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Laborers 310 Terry Joyce to Recieves Irish Labor Award
Laborers Local 310 Business Manager Terence P. Joyce was recognized with the Irish Labor Award by the nation’s oldest Irish American newspaper.
On Dec. 18, Joyce was honored by the Irish Echo newspaper during the 10th annual Irish Labor Awards. For the past decade, the New York-based newspaper has recognized the contributions of men and women of Irish heritage who have made a major contribution to the labor movement.
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CBA Talks Break Down Between Laborers 860, Juvenile Court
A group of union members working at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court had contract negotiations halted as court officials opted to seek legal action instead.
Laborers Local 860 in Cleveland represents roughly 140 workers at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court and Detention Center. These employees work in the Juvenile Detention Center with those in custody and on the administrative side working in office settings.
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Ashtabula Pig Iron Plant Covered by PLA
A new pig iron plant in Ashtabula will be constructed solely by union construction workers.
Petmin USA signed a Project Labor Agreement with the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council to ensure only highly skilled and highly trained building trades members will construct their first facility in North America.
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IUPAT DC 6 apprentices volunteered their services at the Edna House. The group repaired drywall, retextured ceilings and painted the living quarters at the rehabilitation facility.
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For the Cleveland Building & Construction Trades Council (CBCTC), investments in real estate and infrastructure are critical to rebuilding America.
When it comes to revitalizing a city like Cleveland, building and construction trades workers provide more than just skilled labor. The men and women who build Cleveland’s apartment buildings, roadways, tunnels, bridges, and sewers put money back into their communities. “The more job opportunities there are for our members, who are themselves residents of Cleveland, the more we’re boosting the local economy,” Dave Wondolowski, Executive Secretary Cleveland Building & Construction Trades Council says.
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A partnership between the Cleveland Building Trades and area contractor groups led to the creation of a new nonprofit organization dedicated to recruiting men and women into the union construction industry.
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Training directors react to pandemic with multiple plans
As the COVID-19 pandemic seems to regain strength in Ohio and many other states, restrictions are beginning to ease, but training directors for various union trades must now prepare multiple training plans that can change quickly, if needed.
At the onset of the coronavirus, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, registered apprenticeship programs and other educational centers had to either modify their schedules or shift to online learning.
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A new Cleveland project is setting a record, as the work will result in the construction of the nation’s largest mass timber building.
Work has begun on The INTRO, a soon-to-be apartment building on West 25th Street in Cleveland.
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A new apartment project in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood will be built by building
trades members. Work on the Baricelli Inn Housing, a new 44-unit apartment building, is set to begin along Cornell Road on the edge of Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood.
Cleveland Clinic announces New Hospital in Mentor
The Cleveland Clinic recently announced plans to build a new hospital in Mentor, which will be covered by a Project Labor Agreement, providing new work for members of multiple trades affiliated with the Cleveland Building Trades.
Cuyahoga County entered into a Project Labor Agreement with the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council to transform three floors inside the Justice Center into a Central Booking Area. Various trades affiliated with the Cleveland Building Trades will convert 37,400-square-feet of space into an area designed to speed up the processing of suspects and help reduce the jail population. Read more here
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