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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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Read More »Industry expects strong 2020 despite ongoing labor shortage
Industry sees jump in jobs
Forty-two states and the District of Columbia added jobs between November this year and November last year, according to the Associated General Contractors of America’s analysis of U.S. Department of Labor data.
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Read More »August construction employment rises again in Wisconsin, nationally
Forty-five states and the District of Columbia — Wisconsin included — added construction jobs between August 2017 and August 2018, while 33 states added construction jobs between July and August, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Read More »Trump budget looks to leverage $800B in private money for infrastructure
President Donald Trump on Tuesday sent Congress a $4.1 trillion federal spending plan that would seek to drum up $800 billion in private investment in infrastructure using $200 billion in federal spending.
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Read More »Wisconsin adds construction jobs in April
Wisconsin was among 39 states whose construction industries added jobs between April 2016 and April this year, according to seasonally adjusted numbers.
Read More »Four metro areas gain construction jobs in March
Construction employment was up in four of Wisconsin’s metropolitan areas, unchanged in three and down in five in March.
Read More »Prevailing-wage repeal, right to work hang over industry negotiations
Although they are keeping their lips sealed in public, construction officials are settling in for plenty of chin wagging at the bargaining table as the expiration dates for some of the industry’s biggest contracts quickly approach this spring.
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Read More »Milwaukee-area contractor groups join forces for collective bargaining
The Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee and the Allied Construction Employers Association have joined forces to bargain on behalf of various general contractors and sub-contractors in their negotiations this year with labor organizations.
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Read More »Report finds noon hour most dangerous for construction workers (UPDATE)
Upending long-held beliefs, a national trades group released a report this week finding that construction accidents are more common at the noon hour than any other time of the day.
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Read More »Federal PLA ban moves forward
As a bill aimed at banning union-favoring project-labor agreements awaited Gov. Scott Walker’s signature, a similar proposal was taking its first step toward adoption by Congress.
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