LA GRANGE, IL — A new national study by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) has found that on average, graduates of joint labor-management (union) apprenticeship programs in the ...
It would take 12 years for federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs to educate the more than half a million workers the construction industry needs to hire in 2023, according to ...
unCommon Construction, a nonprofit startup that uses semester-long apprenticeships to teach and identify opportunities for high school students, has received a $300,000 donation from two Kentucky ...
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 ...
Construction industry groups welcomed President Trump’s new directive aimed at expanding the rolls of apprenticeship programs and reducing the federal role in determining those programs’ requirements.
After bouncing around in several job paths, including retail sales, office receptionist and warehouse worker, Cindy Crisanto has begun a potentially lucrative career as a welder and ironworker — a ...
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. - Women make up just about 10% of construction jobs, per the National Association of Women in Construction. One Wisconsin construction site is looking to change that. In ...
Wappingers-based Michael Carney says being an apprentice has given him the opportunity to learn multiple trades as a laborer and encourages others to consider the career path. Michael Carney, 32, ...