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Recruiting & retention

AEM intros online toolkit to help contractors tap schools, community for workers

Association of Equipment Manufacturers developed the Workforce Development Toolkit that aids contractors find workers by accessing schools and the community.

September 19, 2018

Workforce

Diesel technician shortage most impacts those who are ‘part of the problem’

Highly-skilled blue-collar labor is getting harder to find across practically every trade: from truck driving to truck fixing and from plumbers to welders.

September 11, 2018

Recruiting & retention

The labor shortage is getting worse. Here’s how construction companies and AGC chapters are fighting back.

As labor shortage increases, construction companies and AGC chapters are taking matters into their own hands to remedy the situation. Get the details today!

August 31, 2018

Workforce

Wash. construction workers strike for higher pay in battle with contractors

Union construction workers are on strike in Washington over wages, hours, and working conditions. Get all the details on Equipment World.

August 30, 2018

Workforce

Lifting up construction workers, I Build America to hold first Construction Appreciation Week

The first annual Construction Appreciation Week is slated for September 17-21, 2018. Check out the details for the week here on Equipment World.

August 28, 2018

Driver/operator coaching/training

Construction interns sought for weekly scholarships, $10K grand prize

HCSS is actively searching for construction firm interns for weekly scholarships as well as a grand prize award. Get more details on Equipment World.

July 10, 2018

Workforce

Construction adds 13,000 jobs in June

Construction employment reached a 10-year high in June, with the addition of 13,000 jobs. The industry's unemployment rate ticked up from 4.4 % to 4.7 %.

July 9, 2018

Workforce

Construction adds 25,000 jobs in May, unemployment drops 3 points

May's gain follows an infusion of 21,000 workers in April, following a revision by the Labor Department to that month's total. Unemployment is up by 3 points.

June 1, 2018

Roadbuilding

Road and bridge jobs fall for first March in 5 years; construction adds 17k workers in April

March saw the first decline in road and bridge construction employment in five years, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Compared to March 2017, there were 2,100 fewer highway and bridge construction workers in March 2018, ARTBA says, citing recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The decline represents a […]

May 7, 2018

Workforce

Streak of construction employment gains snapped in March with loss of 15,000 jobs

The U.S. construction industry lost 15,000 jobs in March, snapping a seven-month-long streak of employment gains. The industry’s employment total now sits at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 7.150 million Americans and is up 3.3 percent over the March 2017 total, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Construction’s unemployment rate fell from 7.8 […]

April 9, 2018

Workforce

Construction sees largest jobs gain in 11 years in Feb.

The U.S. construction industry added 62,000 jobs in February, the single largest monthly addition of jobs the industry has seen in the last 11 years, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The previous high mark for gains was set in November 2015 when 52,000 jobs were added. February’s jobs gain brings the industry’s […]

March 12, 2018

Workforce

AGC Charities presents $195,000 in Hurricane Harvey aid to construction workers

Eighty-three construction workers who suffered damage to their homes from Hurricane Harvey got a $2,350 surprise. Each received a check in that amount from AGC Charities, the philanthropic arm of the Associated General Contractors of America. AGC Charities began raising money nationwide after Harvey’s winds and floods devastated Texas. It left many construction workers with […]

January 29, 2018