The union building trades help Melony Butler continue her dream of having a place where former service members can go to recover from the trauma of war.

A ten week pre-apprenticeship industry orientation program was held this summer at the Cement Masons Local 633 training center in New Brighton.

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.

As part of its commitment to become a Yellow Ribbon Company, Laborers Local 563 provided support from cooking to supervising the Minnesota National Guard’s Family Fun Day in June. “We are working to become a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon organization…

After receiving feedback from LIUNA members, health providers and LINUA leadership, Local 563 incorporated those suggestions into this year’s health fair at their training center in Hugo, Minn. It also gave the local a chance to showcase their new 37,000-foot…