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...
READ MOREREAD MOREFranklin County Commissioner John O’Grady attended a White House Summit on July 13 and discussed the Building Futures Program and how it is a model program for best practices for America Rescue Plan Act funding. The half-day White House Summit on...
READ MOREREAD MOREThe “Silicon Heartland” — the burgeoning tech industry of central Ohio — continues to grow. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced an expansion of its New Albany, Ohio Facebook data-center campus. Naturally, the company announced its...
READ MOREREAD MOREDorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, penned an op-ed for the Columbus Dispatch urging Congress to pass legislation to protect the nation’s technology sector, which he...
READ MOREREAD MOREOn his monthly appearance on the America’s Workforce Union Podcast, Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, spoke with AWF host Ed “Flash” Ferenc about the Intel...
READ MOREREAD MOREProject to create 7,000 construction jobs One of the largest semiconductor plants in the world will be built in Central Ohio by members of the union building trades. Today, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger jointly announced the...
READ MOREREAD MOREYou do not want to miss the executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, Dorsey Hager, as he makes his monthly appearance on America’s Work Force Radio. Hager and AWF host Ed “Flash” Ferenc...
READ MOREREAD MOREIn the midst of a Community Benefits Agreement to construction Fire Station No. 35, the City of Columbus signed another agreement to ensure only highly trained and highly skilled members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building Trades will construct...
READ MOREREAD MOREDuring his keynote speech at the 2019 North America’s Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference, President Sean McGarvey told the 3,000 union construction worker delegates in attendance the “Green New Deal” will kill good-paying union...
READ MOREREAD MOREThe Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council proudly partners with Franklin County and IMPACT Community Action to offer residents a path to the middle class. Building Futures is a 12-week program that provides the skills...
READ MOREREAD MOREExecutive Secretary Treasurer for the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, Dorsey Hager and Ed “Flash” Ferenc, host of America’s Workforce Radio, talked about the upcoming May Primary election. Besides election talk...
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...
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