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…

The Pioneer Press Highlights Como Park Student Participation in Minnesota Trades Academy Program

The Union Advocate Newsletter for April 2018 highlights the Mark H. Ayers Community Achievement Award presented by the North American Building Trades Council.

It was exciting to see a Minnesota cement mason apprentice in the March NY Times. The article includes an interview.
(Photo by: Tim Gruber of NY Times)

The government recently promoted “Apprenticeship Week” around the U.S., and it was often repeated that the Building Trades set the high standard to which the government wants all programs to aspire. But it’s not enough to simply have an apprenticeship…

FCF first ran into Jamek Engineering in 2012. When FCF first investigated Jamek we discovered workers who had been paid less than 25% of the prevailing wage requirements on public projects and some workers who were denied payment altogether. In…

As most people reading this likely know, construction is booming across the State of Minnesota. For the past few years construction in the state has been at very high levels, and it does not look like 2018 will be any…