Columbus Council creates Community Benefits Agreement Advisory Board

by James Ross | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorized

Will target projects over $5 million The City of Columbus took a significant step to ensure members of underrepresented communities are employed on city-funded construction projects. On Nov. 16, the City Council passed an ordinance to create a nine-member committee to...

General contractor named for EV battery plant project

by James Ross | Nov 15, 2022 | Uncategorized

The Honda and LG joint venture selected TYK as the general contractor for its $3.5 billion electrical vehicle (EV) plant in Jeffersonville. Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, estimates the...

PLA signed for Honda/LG EV battery plant project

by James Ross | Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

Building trades members will likely build the Honda/LG joint venture eletric vehicle (EV) battery plant project thanks to a Project Labor Agreement signed between the two companies and the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council. The project...

C/COBCTC endorses Bill Sperlazza for Common Pleas Court Judge

by James Ross | Sep 30, 2022 | Uncategorized

The Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council proudly endorses Columbus attorney Bill Sperlazza, who seeks to become a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas judge. Born and raised in Youngstown, Sperlazza began his career working for Columbus City...

Intel ceremonially breaks ground on $100 billion project

by James Ross | Sep 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

President Biden stresses use of union construction workers It was a grandiose event to ceremonially commemorate the start of the largest construction project in the history of Ohio. On the morning of Sept. 9, hundreds of guests – made up of local, county, state and...

Whaley Announces Plan To Create More Ohio Union Construction Jobs

by James Ross | Sep 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

With a campaign focused on workers’ rights, Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Whaley announced her economic plan to create more union construction jobs that would expand training programs and require Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for construction projects...