Tag: labor unions

Roadbuilding

Transportation safety certificate seeks to curb work zone deaths

Alarmed at the statistic that 50,000 deaths and injuries occur each year in or around U.S. road and bridge construction sites, a national organization has developed a safety training certificate with the goal of creating incident-free transportation work zones worldwide. So far, 111 candidates have been listed as earning the Safety Certification for Transportation Project […]

November 24, 2017

Business

Construction jobs limited to 15k visas per year under new guest worker agreement

The path toward a final deal on immigration reform has likely been cleared now that the country’s business and labor unions have reached an agreement on a guest worker program for immigrants. The New York Times reports that on Friday Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, held a conference call with U.S. Chamber of Commerce President […]

April 1, 2013

Workforce

The beginning of the end for unions?

Lost in the news cycle from last week was an unfortunate bit about a pro-union protester taking a swing at a Fox News “contributor” in one of the right-to-work rallies in Michigan. It was an ugly bit of video.  The Fox News guy suffered a chipped tooth, but fortunately the stupidity of the moment didn’t […]

December 20, 2012

Workforce

Michigan passes right-to-work law prohibiting required union membership

Michigan will soon become the 24th right-to-work state as a result of changes to the state’s labor laws approved by its legislature, NBC News reported. The law is meant to prevent workplaces from making union membership a requirement for employment. Many union members objected the proposed law, ultimately approved 58-41, as state lawmakers debated and […]

December 12, 2012