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Hager: Infrastructure investment means good paying jobs for Ohioans

Hager: Infrastructure investment means good paying jobs for Ohioans

by James Ross | Apr 7, 2021 | America’s Work Force Radio, Building Futures, Dorsey Hager, Jobs

Have you listened to the recent appearance of Dorsey Hager, the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, on America’s Workforce Radio? During his monthly appearance, Hager and AWF host Ed “Flash” Ferenc...
Hager: Infrastructure investment means good paying jobs for Ohioans

Hager: Columbus building boom brings good paying union jobs to Central Ohio

by James Ross | Mar 10, 2021 | America’s Work Force Radio, Building Futures, Dorsey Hager, Jobs

Have you heard the March appearance of Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, on America’s Workforce Radio? During his monthly appearance on AWF, host Ed “Flash” Ferenc and Hager discussed a...
Hager: Infrastructure investment means good paying jobs for Ohioans

Building Trades Hoisting Pilot Apprenticeship Boot Camp

by James Ross | Aug 7, 2019 | America’s Work Force Radio, Apprentice, Building Futures, Dorsey Hager

Making his monthly appearance on America’s Workforce Radio, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager discussed the upcoming junior apprenticeship boot camp with AWF host Ed “Flash” Ferenc. Hager and...
Hager: Infrastructure investment means good paying jobs for Ohioans

Mayor running unopposed a positive for C/COBCTC

by James Ross | Mar 6, 2019 | America’s Work Force Radio, Apprentice, Building Futures, Dorsey Hager, Election

Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, made his monthly appearance on America’s Work Force Radio and spoke to host Ed “Flash” Ferenc about Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, who is running...
Hager: Infrastructure investment means good paying jobs for Ohioans

Building Futures Program helps put homeless man on a pathway to a middle-class life

by James Ross | Jun 4, 2018 | Amazon, America’s Work Force Radio, Building Futures, Dorsey Hager

Don’t miss the most recent appearance of Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey on America’s Work Force Radio. Hager told AWF host Ed “Flash” Ferenc that the Columbus Building Futures program is set to start...
Hager: Infrastructure investment means good paying jobs for Ohioans

21 students graduate from Building Futures program

by James Ross | Apr 12, 2018 | Building Futures, News

America’s Workforce Radio, host Ed “Flash” Ferenc and Executive Secretary Treasurer for the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, Dorsey Hager talked during a recent episode about the first graduating class from the Building Futures program....
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