Bill would help builders weed out union organizers

Unions at odds over Park East project (cartoon)

Published: June 22, 2012
Tags: cartoon, Craig Dillman, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Joe Sanfelippo, Lyle Balistreri, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Park East, Peter Hanrahan, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, unions, Wangard Partners

Special meeting called for Park East project

Published: June 20, 2012
Tags: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Joe Sanfelippo, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Park East, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, Wangard Partners

A special meeting of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors’ Economic and Community Development Committee will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 26, in Room 201-B of the Milwaukee County Courthouse.

Unions at odds over Park East project (UPDATE)

Published: June 19, 2012
Tags: Craig Dillman, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Joe Sanfelippo, Lyle Balistreri, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Park East, Peter Hanrahan, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, unions, Wangard Partners

Ground has not been broken for a future Park East building, but Peter Hanrahan already is concerned about who will mop the floors.

Union fights may land in court

Published: February 23, 2011
Tags: Balistreri, collective bargaining, Consumer Price Index, CPI, Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLP, Dale Schultz, Lance M. Nelson, Lester A. Pine, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Scott Walker, union dues, unions
Comments: 4

By Jack Zemlicka Courtrooms could be the next battlefields if unions lose their collective bargaining rights and struggle to collect dues under existing contracts. “We get questions from membership as to, ‘Why would I continue to pay voluntarily?’” said Lyle Balistreri, president of the Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council. “How many people pay voluntarily [...]

Sewerage District weighs stiffer runoff rule (UPDATE)

Published: October 11, 2010
Tags: Balistreri, green roofs, Jill Didier, Michael McCabe, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, porous pavement, rain barrels, storm-water runoff, Tim Bate

By Marie Rohde A Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District proposal that would implement a more stringent storm water runoff rule covering redevelopment projects has cleared its first hurdle despite concerns raised by some officials. The board that oversees the sewerage district unanimously approved the measure Monday. The proposed rule would require redevelopment of any property larger [...]

NAACP intensifies call for minority apprentices

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 [...]

Unions rally for shot at Moderne

Published: October 27, 2009
Tags: apartment, condo, loan, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Moderne, union, workers

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Milwaukee native Robert Baker, wearing a hard hat with union stickers from four states, went to City Hall on Tuesday to lobby for a job on the Moderne condo and apartment project. “The majority of the construction workers at the city have been waiting for the city and the county to stop [...]

Developer accepts Milwaukee hiring law

Published: October 9, 2009
Tags: hiring law, Lyle Balistreri, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Moderne

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Putting people to work on the Moderne project is more important than deciding how or if local hiring and contracting laws will apply to the job, according to a Milwaukee union leader. “I have people out there that are running out of benefits,” said Lyle Balistreri, president of the Milwaukee Building and [...]