For Construct Tomorrow, it’s three down and eight events to go. Six more remain – Hinckley, St. Paul, Anoka County, Duluth, St. Cloud and Bemidji. Several of the remaining events will be held at some notable Minnesota venues: Hinckley will take place at Grand Casino; St. Paul will be held for the second year in a row at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds; and Anoka will be at the National Sports Center in Blaine. 

Fourth annual Minnesota Building Trades Ribfest cooked up 625 racks of ribs all the while raising money for Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, an organization that acts as a corporate support network to meet the needs of Minnesota military veterans and their families.

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Week is underway, and in Minnesota, the construction trades are on a mission to change the mindset of workers and project leaders.

Not since the late 1950s and early 1960s has the American public’s approval of union labor been as high as it continues to be. For the fifth consecutive year, approval of organized labor has been in the 67% to 71% range.