After seeing the largest drop in construction employment on record in April due to the coronavirus, May brought the biggest-ever rebound in employment, as businesses began recalling workers faster than economists thought.

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As America continues to reel from the economic and very personal pain inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, we join our colleagues in the construction labor union sector (Dan Bukiewicz letter to the editor, May 29) calling for new investment in rebuilding the country’s infrastructure.

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As one strong year for the construction industry draws to a close, analysts are confident there’s another one in store for 2020.

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As a mom, I remember sitting in the eighth-grade parents’ “Introduction to High School” presentation in our district. As Wisconsin’s former lieutenant governor, I remember the part about higher education options students could choose at the end of high school: university or traditional college, technical college or apprenticeship.

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ABC of Wisconsin has hired Kate Schieldt as its director of human resources consulting.

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It’s a common strategy these days for partisan activists to attempt to discredit supporters of policies they don’t like without actually addressing the merits of the policies in question.

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Nearly 20% of jobs in the United States are now some form of non-traditional worker-company relationship, like independent contractor. Independent contractor work is appealing for both the worker and the company. The contractor has the benefit of setting prices, work hours, type of work and completion schedule. It also has the freedom and flexibility to staff to meet their needs and reduce training time and costs.

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Construction unemployment fell in 48 states in January from a year prior, and Wisconsin is no exception, according to a review of employment data by the Associated Builders and Contractors of America.

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Construction materials prices fell in November after marching upward for much of 2018, signaling a reprieve in rapid price increases in the months to come, according to an analysis by a trade group.

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Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering for Kaukauna-based Keller Inc., has been elected as secretary of the Associated Builders and Contractors National Executive Committee.

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