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Dorsey Hager reflects on 2023 and looks forward to 2024 on AWF
Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Constructions Trades Council Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager joined America’s Work Force Union Podcast to look back on the work done in 2023 and what will be done in 2024. 2023 was a big year for C/COBCTC-affiliated local unions....
New datacenter megaproject planned for New Albany
Another datacenter project with a construction price tag over $1 billion is coming to Central Ohio. Kansas-based Quality Technology Services (QTS), a real estate investment fund focused on computing facilities announced plans to build in New Albany. In late October,...
Local Unions push for a CBA on $2 billion Columbus airport project
Affiliated Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council members support the use of a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) for the $2 billion expansion project at the John Glenn International Airport. On Oct. 24, local leaders and building trades...
Dorsey Hager talks projects, PLAs and CBAs on America’s Work Force Union Podcast
Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Dorsey Hager started his monthly appearance on America’s Work Force Union Podcast and started the interview with an update on the Intel project. The Intel project has...
Building Trades are expanding apprenticeship classes in Central Ohio
For years, the building trades talked about the building boom that was coming, and finally, it’s here. To prepare for the tremendous work opportunities that are coming for union construction members in Central Ohio, the area building trades are aggressively trying...
Dorsey Hager discusses recent visit from White House Advisor Tom Perez and elections on AWF
Dorsey Hager, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer appeared on America’s Workforce Union Podcast to talk about a recent visit from Senior Advisor to President Biden, Tom Perez. Perez, the former U.S. Labor...
C/COBCTC raises over $1,700 from D.A.D.’s Day Clay Shoot
C/COBCTC raises over $1,700 from D.A.D.’s Day Clay Shoot
America's Work Force Podcast
Community Benefits Agreements create a pathway to the middle class
The plan to recruit and fill skilled building trades jobs
The plan to increase the number of skilled building trades members
C/COBCTC members log 9 million man-hours in 2022