Residents of Minnesota don’t fear winter. They embrace it. Such was the case on Saturday, Jan. 19, when 100 kids joined their parents to go fishing on Coon Lake as part of the Take Kids Ice Fishing Day, sponsored by…
Residents of Minnesota don’t fear winter. They embrace it. Such was the case on Saturday, Jan. 19, when 100 kids joined their parents to go fishing on Coon Lake as part of the Take Kids Ice Fishing Day, sponsored by…
This is our annual review of Minnesota State Prevailing Wage basics.
Giving is the hallmark of the Christmas/Holiday Season. Union people don’t wait until Christmas to help their communities though; they do it year-round. A case in point was the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) International Day of Service 2018…
Over the last year, six Tribal Nations and the Minnesota Building Trades have piloted a new apprenticeship readiness program to prepare tribal members to enter the union construction industry.
New Brighton, Minn. (Dec. 1, 2018) — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — especially at the Local 633 JATC (Joint Apprenticeship Training Center) …
Greater Minnesota supports its local economies and strengthens its skilled workforce …
This is a prevailing wage study completed in May 2018 that examines the effects of Minnesota’s Prevailing Wage Law on costs, training, and economic development.
This is a 4-page Report Summary of the Minnesota prevailing wage study, An Examination of Minnesota’s Prevailing Wage Law, completed in May 2018.
This is a one-page summary of the Key Findings from the 2018 Minnesota prevailing wage study, An Examination of Minnesota’s Prevailing Wage Law, completed in May 2018.
Check out this comparison of economic growth based on union strength. This was written by Todd Stenhouse of the Midwest Economic Policy Institute.
On Tuesday, August 7, voters in Missouri went to the polls to vote in the state’s primary for November’s election.
Michigan Repeals Prevailing Wage On June 6, Michigan became the 6th state in the last three years to repeal its Prevailing Wage law. The repeal was originated and pushed by the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC). It began as…