In mid-December, members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building Trades volunteered their time as Charity Newsies in order to raise needed funds to provide clothes for children in need. Throughout Franklin County, volunteers, which included...
READ MOREREAD MOREThe Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council will hold another apprenticeship fair, targeting those in the Hilltop community and educating them about a career in the skilled trades. The event will be held on Tuesday Jan. 15...
READ MOREREAD MOREYou need to listen to Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, as he makes his final appearance of 2019 on America’s Work Force Radio. On this episode, Hager and AWF host...
READ MOREREAD MOREFor most Americans, including members of the building trades, the rising cost of healthcare is a major concern. Rising rates for health insurance have continued to eat away at building trades members paychecks. Despite many Local unions earning...
READ MOREREAD MOREThe Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council recently held an apprenticeship fair, targeting underserved members of the Linden community, helping to educate men and women about careers in the skilled trades and the benefits...
READ MOREREAD MOREMaking his monthly appearance on America’s Work Force Radio, Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, talked with AWF host Ed “Flash” Ferenc about registered building...
READ MOREREAD MOREDorsey Hager, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer, made his regular appearance on America’s Work Force Radio, as he and AWF host Ed “Flash” Ferenc discussed how building trades members are...
READ MOREREAD MOREThe Democratic-controlled House Education and Labor Committee passed the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, the most-comprehensive pro-worker rewrite of U.S. labor law in decades. By a party-line 26-21 vote, the committee sent the law...
READ MOREREAD MORECorporate lawyer Eugene Scalia was confirmed by the Senate as the nation’s next Labor Secretary. On Sept. 26, the Senate voted 53-44, along party lines, to confirm the son of the late conservative U.S. Supreme Court justice, came despite...
READ MOREREAD MOREPublic perception of labor unions in the United States recently reached nearly a 50-year high. A Gallup poll released in August found 64 percent of Americans approve of labor unions. The results are consistent with the results of similar polls...
READ MOREREAD MOREColumbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager made his regular appearance on America’s Work Force Radio, where he discussed Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs) with AWF...
READ MOREREAD MOREA September 4 ruling by a federal judge blocked the Ohio Democratic Party’s attempt to stop 235,000 names from being removed from the Ohio voter roll. U.S. District Court Judge James Graham said the Ohio Democratic Party did not provide enough...
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