County and Building Trades to offer Building Futures Program
The Franklin County commissioners have approved contracts with the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council and local service provider Impact Community Action to administer a pilot program designed to help county residents transition into...
City, Building Trades, Sign Historic Agreement
With the stroke of his pen, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther signed a historic agreement with the region’s building trades. Now, the city and Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council will partner together to ensure a some of the work to construct...
Members Grant Local Child’s Wish
Wishes do come true. When the Make-A-Wish Foundation learned a child in Marysville, requested a pool heater, they turned to members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council to help grant the wish. While Make-A-Wish often works to grant...
Wall Street Journal poll: More Americans Losing Faith in Value of College Degree
A recent poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News reveals nearly half of Americans think a bachelor’s degree is not worth the cost. The poll, released in September, showed 47 percent of those surveyed do not believe a bachelor’s degree will lead to a...
America’s Workforce Radio Segment: Construction Industry Seeks More Apprentices
Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager and Ed “Flash” Ferenc, host of America’s Workforce Radio, discussed the lack of skilled construction trade workers. Hager explains how a generation of young...
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