Published: March 11, 2011
Tags: AGC, apprenticeship, Associated General Contractors, Boullion, Doyle, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Joel Allen, Mielke, Rhandi Berth, Scott Walker, unions
By James Briggs Gov. Scott Walker‘s rollback of an apprenticeship requirement for certain state projects removed an unnecessary burden from companies struggling to put people to work, according to several construction representatives. Walker has rescinded Executive Order 108, a directive established in 2005 under former Gov. Jim Doyle that required contractors use apprentices on state [...]
Published: June 7, 2010
Tags: apprenticeship, Balistreri, Berth, DWD, Jerry Ann Hamilton, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Paul Blackman, Regional Training Partnership/Big Step, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan The level of minority participation in construction apprenticeships is frustrating the leaders of the Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP. But members of the industry charged with improving participation rates say the high unemployment rate in construction makes it impossible to place any new apprentices. “This is the worst construction recession since the [...]
Published: March 5, 2010
Tags: apprentice, apprenticeship, CG Schmidt, Department of Labor, Schmitt, testing, Tim Just, trade, training, Weisling
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan There is no substitute for experience, according to builders who are skeptical of letting apprentices test out of training. “We like it right the way it is, and we’re not in favor of changing it,” said Tim Just, vice president of field operations for C.G. Schmidt Inc., Milwaukee. But a U.S. Department [...]
Published: February 17, 2010
Tags: apprenticeship, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, jobs, Kiel, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s technical colleges are encouraging more women to join apprenticeship programs, a realm that’s traditionally male-dominated. For example, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College near Green Bay has 450 student apprentices. Only seven are women. School program director Todd Kiel said both society and women need to get past the stereotype that [...]
Published: January 26, 2010
Tags: apprenticeship, Blackman, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards, Department of Labor, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, Ladd, Office of Apprenticeship, Steelworkers Federal Union No. 19806
By Sean Ryan The U.S. Department of Labor, responding to a complaint about minority participation in Wisconsin construction apprenticeships, said the state is working to improve its programs. Minority participation rates in construction apprenticeships are increasing, and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has programs to improve the numbers, according to a Jan. 21 letter [...]
To the editor: We in the Department of Workforce Development take issue with a number of the points in your recent article on Wisconsin’s apprenticeship program. For the record, we completely support the need for racial diversity in construction apprenticeships, and since 2002, we have made progress in increasing the representation of minorities in the [...]
Published: May 7, 2009
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, apprenticeship, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Laborers Local 113, stimulus, Wisconsin Laborers District Council, Wisconsin Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com People are lining up for construction apprenticeships, but contractors cannot hire them until there’s more work. “Unfortunately, a lot of that is out of our control,” said Jerry Knapp, business development representative for the Wisconsin Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust. “If development doesn’t occur, contractors don’t work. And if contractors don’t work, [...]
