Vocational students from Walnut Ridge High School visited Plumbers, Pipefitters and Service Technicians Local 189 Training Center in mid-April to learn about career opportunities in the pipe trades. Rich Manley, Local 189 Training Director, said...
READ MOREREAD MOREA central Ohio Bricklayer apprentice finished second in his division in an international skills competition held in Las Vegas. Mitch Kittinger of BAC Local 55 (Columbus) took second place in the first-year apprentice division at the Mason...
READ MOREREAD MOREAmerica’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...
READ MOREREAD MOREOn March 30, Gov. John Kasich signed a bill that will give the building trades more access to public schools to educate students about careers in the building trades. House Bill 98 amends current legislation to allow equal opportunity for...
READ MOREREAD MOREWith the 2017 construction season winding down, the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council held a successful December networking event on Dec. 12 at the Hollywood Casino. Building Trades Council Executive Board members...
READ MOREREAD MOREDorsey Hager, Executive Secretary Treasurer for the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, and America’s Workforce Radio, host Ed “Flash” Ferenc discussed the newly created Building Futures Program. The C/COBCTC is...
READ MOREREAD MOREOhio’s legislators are one step closer to helping the Columbus/Central Ohio Building Trades recruit area high school students into an apprenticeship. House members voted unanimously to approve House Bill 98, the Ohio High School Career...
READ MOREREAD MOREWatch the historic Community Benefit Agreement signing ceremony featuring Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther and Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager from Firefighters Union Hall...
READ MOREREAD MOREThe 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...
READ MOREREAD MOREDorsey Hager, Executive Secretary Treasurer for the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, and America’s Workforce Radio, host Ed “Flash” Ferenc discussed a historic Community Benefit Agreement the building trades signed...
READ MOREREAD MOREWith 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...
READ MOREREAD MOREA 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...
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