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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
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
Just about every type of skilled construction profession got a raise last year
Wages for skilled construction workers are up nearly across the board, according to the latest wage survey from the National Center for Construction Education and Research. NCCER surveyed 30 U.S. construction companies and found that 15 of the 17 craft professions included in the study saw wage increases in 2014. As you can see in the graphic […]
February 11, 2015
Business
Wages for construction workers and heavy equipment manufacturing workers are on the rise
We’re now five years into the economic recovery following the Great Recession and pay raises, according to a report from the Associated Press, are uneven across U.S. industries. Overall, pay in the U.S. has risen at a rate roughly equal to inflation: about 2 percent per year. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, […]
August 5, 2014
Business
FIU professor says Florida’s worker shortage is temporary due to likelihood of wage increases
Like their peers across the U.S., contractors in Florida are facing a shortage of skilled workers, as a report from Florida Watchdog details. In Florida, housing inventories are drying up which means that new ones will need to be built as demand rises. Problem is, as we’ve seen in many other places, many of the skilled veterans […]
February 25, 2014
Workforce
Carpenters’ strike would stop work at several NYC construction projects, including World Trade Center
Some of New York City’s biggest commercial construction projects would be halted should the Manufacturing Woodworkers Association not hammer out a deal with 350 cabinetmakers and wood installers that comprise the Local 2790. According to a report by the New York Daily News, work at “4 World Trade Center, the General Motors building on Fifth Avenue […]
July 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
French workers don’t work: U.S. CEO to French Minister
Scare bleu! Maurice Taylor, CEO of US tire maker Titan, writing to France’s Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg, after the minister asked Titan to buy a Goodyear tire factory in Northern France that is about to shut down: “I have visited that factory a couple of times. The French workforce gets paid high wages, but works only […]
February 20, 2013
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