Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: Berth, BIG STEP, DPW, Focus on Greater Milwaukee, jobs, Jorgensen, Kearney, Keger, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Milwaukee Department of Public Works, Northcott Neighborhood House, Sykes, unemployed, VJS Construction Services, Wisconsin Community Services Inc. Employment and Training Program
By Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Four hundred does not go into 20, no matter how optimistic the math.
That was the harsh reality for the 400 unemployed people who attended a series of Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board meetings in December and January to chase 20 landscaping jobs with the Milwaukee Department of Public Works. The jobs pay [...]
Published: February 19, 2010
Tags: annexation, blog, Hot Topics, Jorgensen, thompson
By Chris Thompson
editor
With one word, state Rep. Andy Jorgensen succeeds and fails in calming the annexation anxiety in towns and municipalities.
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: annexation, bill, Ed Huck, Jorgensen, Mikalson, Stadelman, Updike, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Wisconsin Towns Association
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Veterans of the annexation battles between towns and municipalities are split over a bill that would define the rules of engagement.
The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Andy Jorgenson, D-Fort Atkinson, would prevent cities and villages from annexing town land that is not contiguous — or adjacent — to municipal property.
The bill also would [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Boycks, Colin Teska, Department of Commerce, Emons, Iron Workers Local 8, ironworkers, Jorgensen, journeyman, legislation, licensure, master, Reihl, Sinicki, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters
By Paul Snyder
Authors of a bill that would require licensure of ironworkers in Wisconsin are working on amendments to quell growing opposition in the construction industry.
Critics argue the bill is a thinly veiled jurisdiction grab and say passage will result in contractors losing flexibility to select workers and nonunion or other unions losing the ability [...]
Published: January 22, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Labor, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., iron workers, Iron Workers Local 8, ironworkers, Jorgensen, journeyman, master, Mielke, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, safety, state licensure, Teska, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Commerce
By Paul Snyder
Backers of a bill requiring ironworkers to be licensed in Wisconsin say safety is at the core of their effort. But they lack evidence showing that the ironworkers or the public would be safer with state licensure.
Nationally, data show accidents among ironworkers declined during a recent five-year period despite more people working in [...]
Published: January 11, 2010
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, construction worker, hiring, Jorgensen, Simonson, unemployment, VJS Construction Services
By Sean Ryan
VJS Construction Services Inc. has a 4-inch-thick stack of resumes reflecting the bright side of an industry report that one in four builders is out of work.
West Bend/School Addition-Renovations
West Bend/School Facilities Plan
And the Pewaukee-based builder is taking advantage of the opportunity, hiring about 25 new employees for the start of a few large [...]
Published: November 23, 2009
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, Beiriger, Bender, Drewianka, economy, employment, Jorgensen, Painters and Allied Trades District Council No. 7, stimulus, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
By Sean Ryan
The construction industry is falling from a sustained boom that peaked in 2007 and 2008, resulting in a plummeting number of jobs this year.
There are two ways to interpret the dramatic shift in the industry, said Keith Bender, assistant professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. One, the decline is as bad [...]
Wis. man charged with slaying 14-year-old stepson
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A southeastern Wisconsin man strangled his 14-year-old stepson with a necktie in a minivan in a Wal-Mart parking lot, telling investigators he wanted to get revenge on his wife and her relatives for interfering in his business, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Charles A. Avey Sr., 37, of Grafton, [...]
