Construction Dive

JANUARY 29, 2024

While the percentage of the workforce that is unionized is declining, “membership is growing in value,” a Gallup report indicated.

Union 142

Union 142

Construction Dive

APRIL 24, 2020

Effective April 21, the work stoppage directive issued by the state's largest industry union earlier this month is no longer in effect for essential projects with acceptable COVID-19 safety protocols.

Union 142

Union Massachusetts Safety Industrial 142

Construction Dive

APRIL 10, 2019

Union leaders and lawmakers at a conference this week called for prevailing wages, project labor agreements and other standards to be included.

Union 132

Union Infrastructure Agreement Conference 132

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Contractors who manage payroll meticulously are less likely to face legal issues, penalties or disruptions.

Management 177

Management Construction Union Legal 177

HardHatChat

MARCH 27, 2018

Union Considerations: As prefabricated elements and modular components become more sophisticated and more commonplace, will the shops where they are manufactured be unionized?

Commercial 328

Commercial Union Construction Site 328

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Members will receive $800 a week in maternity benefits for a minimum of 12 weeks, union General President Brent Booker told the Tradeswomen Build Nations conference in New Orleans.

Union 100

Union Conference 100

Construction Business Owner

MAY 22, 2020

2474, which aims to boost the number of dues-paying union members at the expense of small and local businesses, workers, entrepreneurs and main street. 6, 2020, the United States House of Representatives, by a vote of 224 to 194, passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, H.R.

United States 296

United States Union Maine Organization 296

BD+C

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Originally completed in 1925, Chicago’s Union Station was designated a landmark in 2002 and listed by AIA Illinois as one of the 200 Illinois Great Places.

Union 104

Union Illinois AIA Infrastructure 104

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A well-designed CAT program will also align with state labor laws, contracts, and any union agreements. Timely detection and correction of unsafe behavior through video-based coaching: Helps prevent crashes and violations, Reduces potential liability, and Improves employee retention. 4) Share safety improvements.

Safety 194

Safety United States Risk Regulation 194

Construction Dive

APRIL 4, 2024

The 13-year megaproject would include modernized tracks and platforms, a new train hall and an underground garage.

Union 152

Union 152

Construction Equipment

MARCH 19, 2020

The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) and Built Robotics announced a multi-year strategic partnership agreement. The partnership will establish a training program to prepare the more than 400,000 IUOE members to oversee and manage robotic equipment, as well as work alongside…

Union 100

Union Agreement Equipment Engineering 100

ENR Construction

MARCH 6, 2025

Developer TerraPower and contractor Bechtel will work under union pact to build a proposed 345-MW sodium-cooled fast nuclear reactor in Wyoming.

Union 85

Union Wyoming Agreement Contractors 85

Construction Dive

MARCH 12, 2025

Bernie Sanders was among the legislators to reintroduce the law, which would tip the labor negotiating scales in favor of unions.

Negotiation 168

Negotiation Union Construction 168

Construction Marketing

MARCH 13, 2018

About unions…. Tamara Rivera, a former carpenter with 24 years of experience and now a council representative for the New York City Council of Carpenters, says that unions have an effect on the types of jobs women are offered: “Women experience construction very differently on the non-union versus the union side.

Union 242

Union Construction New York City Las Vegas 242

BD+C

JANUARY 20, 2021

300 Grant Avenue, a 70.000-sf mixed-use project, has been completed, making it the first new ground-up development in San Francisco’s Union Square in over 20 years. The project includes approximately 28,100 sf of retail and 41,500 sf of Class A office space.

Union 98

Union Retail Office 98

Construction Dive

MARCH 24, 2025

Carpenters union builds custom trainings that help its business partners succeed.

Union 145

Union Employment 145

Construction Dive

MARCH 27, 2019

Recruiting efforts have reportedly increased women's participation in the city's construction industry by 20% since 2006.

Union 129

Union Industrial Construction 129

Construction Dive

JANUARY 18, 2024

The semiconductor giant’s plan to import workers from Taiwan sparked strong opposition from the Arizona Building and Construction Trades Council.

Arizona 170

Arizona Union Deals Plans 170

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Union construction apprenticeships deliver similar salary and social outcomes such as marriage and home ownership as four-year college degrees, according to an analysis of 10 years of Department of Labor and Census Bureau data.

Union 94

Union Construction 94

Construction Dive

JUNE 9, 2020

The Massachusetts Building Trades Council wants more worker protections regarding coronavirus, such as the right to stop work and not lose out on pay.

Massachusetts 168

Massachusetts Union Construction 168

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A local trade group has asked general contractor Hensel Phelps to commit to paying workers a prevailing wage, a policy the contractor said it has already instituted.

Columbus 152

Columbus Union Airports Contractors 152

ENR Construction

MARCH 9, 2022

undocumented and worked as a union laborer, for encouraging him to become a carpenter. Rodriguez credits his father, an immigrant who arrived in the U.S.

Union 83

Union 83

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ABC, AGC, ACEC contributions already top their totals for the full 2020 election cycle, while labor union spending is steady or slightly up from past elections.

Union 74

Union ACEC ABC AGC 74

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A birthday dinner former union business manage John Dougherty, and gifts to relatives, were allegedly paid with union funds.

Union 78

Union Philadelphia Management 78

ENR Construction

APRIL 5, 2021

Amazon faces rising opposition from trade unions and other critics as it forges ahead with plans to build a series of giant logistics centers across Massachusetts.

Massachusetts 78

Massachusetts Union Plans Construction 78

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A birthday dinner former union business manage John Dougherty, and gifts to relatives, were allegedly paid with union funds.

Union 74

Union Philadelphia Management 74

ENR Construction

JULY 20, 2021

New study says that union construction projects are similar in cost to non-union projects because higher union labor costs are offset by savings in other project components such as materials and safety, but critics point to prevailing wage laws that may have skewed its findings.

Union 74

Union Safety Minnesota Materials 74

Construction Dive

MARCH 18, 2020

A bill calls for state DOT engineers rather than consultants like FIGG to inspect infrastructure projects while a union in support of it questions the FIU bridge designer's role in the Arrigoni Bridge project as an example.

DOT 83

DOT Union Connecticut Inspections 83

Construction Dive

JUNE 13, 2024

As construction workers walk off the job for better pay this summer, unions are in a strong position to demand higher wages, according to a labor expert.

Wisconsin 152

Wisconsin Seattle Union Construction 152

Construction Dive

JULY 10, 2024

Negotiations between local unions and contractors did not yield an agreement, but Hensel Phelps and the project owner say they’re dedicated to hiring local, disadvantaged businesses.

Columbus 150

Columbus Negotiation Union Airports 150

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Reports of labor violations and union petitions to the NLRB both rose in the last year. Here’s what construction employers need to know.

Union 163

Union Employment Construction 163

BD+C

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The Beloit College Powerhouse, the school’s new student union, combines a group of historic buildings that made up the Blackhawk Generating Station (originally built between 1908 and 1947) along with a new field house addition.

Union 80

Union Architecture Sustainability Equipment 80

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Union representation today is low, but the big wins from guilds and widespread pro-labor sentiment could tip the scales and continue to empower workers.

Union 161

Union Construction 161

Construction Dive

AUGUST 22, 2024

Drugs like fentanyl kill more workers in construction than in any other industry, but some states limit permissions around Narcan and other lifesaving antidotes, says a Nevada union leader.

Nevada 147

Nevada Union Construction Industrial 147

Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Felice Farber, new executive director for the Subcontractors Trade Association, gave her diagnosis of the state of diversity and inclusion and construction’s most serious woes.

Union 131

Union Materials Construction 131

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 3, 2020

MKA specifies new ArcelorMittal steel products to create larger upper-level spaces in the 51-story tower and deal with site issues near Chicago Union Station.

Union 78

Union Chicago US Deals 78

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Historic petition to unionize in architecture hits snag on eve of vote by NY firm SHoP, but Architectural Workers United isn't done with sector organizing, says Architectural Record, ENR's sister publication.

Union 69

Union Organization Bidding Architecture 69