On March 23, union plumbers from Local 34 in St. Paul, Local 15 in Minneapolis and Local 6 in Rochester took a Saturday off to volunteer their skills to help homeowners in need of their services. It was part of the 30th anniversary of Water’s Off.
On March 23, union plumbers from Local 34 in St. Paul, Local 15 in Minneapolis and Local 6 in Rochester took a Saturday off to volunteer their skills to help homeowners in need of their services. It was part of the 30th anniversary of Water’s Off.
Nine different locations hosted Construct Tomorrow events this school year. With one event remaining, Construct Tomorrow already looks to build upon a strong year.
People stopped to look at the prints that lined the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda in early March, past winners of the Women in Construction Week Photo Contest, just one of the events that recognized women in construction.
For more than 30 years, members of the Central Minnesota Building Trades have acted as the arms and legs for the Share the Spirit Christmas event.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers Men’s Hockey Team took to the ice this fall playing on a brand new ice surface. A collection of union building trades all played a part in the construction.
Construct Tomorrow concluded its 2022-23 season with its traditional two-day event at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) for high school students.
Sixty-two future union trades apprentices graduated from the Building Strong Communities Program this May, double the number from the previous year.
High school students from across Minnesota enrolled in the Operators Virtual Academy finally got their chance to experience operating equipment.
FCF has given nearly 400 presentations on prevailing wage, speaking to just over 10,000 apprentices (10,121 as of February 2023). We are very proud to have reached this milestone.
Once again, a 128-foot Christmas tree made by Iron Workers Local 512 glistens in Bayfront Festival Park next to Duluth Harbor at the center of Bentleyville, the nation’s largest walk-through Christmas light display.
Now in its 10th year, Construct Tomorrow continues to unite young people with futures in the building construction trades.
Labor unions’ favorability among Americans has improved even more since last year according to a poll released this week by Gallup. Seventy-one percent of Americans now approve of labor unions. It’s now at the highest level Gallup has recorded since 1965.