A recent report finds graduates of union apprenticeships earn wages and benefits that rival those earned by workers with a four-year college degree, calling such programs the "bachelor's degree" of the construction industry.

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A bill that would provide a tax break for apprenticeship tuition earned the support of the state Senate and Assembly this week and is now on its way to Gov. Tony Evers' desk.

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The state Assembly was moving on Thursday to give its approval to a bill that would prevent more than one journeyman from ever being required to oversee the work of a single apprentice.

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By Marie Rohde The construction industry didn’t get what it wanted in the Legislative Audit Bureau’s report on women and minorities in apprenticeship programs for the trades. “We were hopeful that we’d hear some success stories,” said Kelly Tourdot, director ...

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Madison (AP) — State auditors say the Department of Workforce Development should step up efforts to ensure diversity in apprenticeship programs. The Legislative Audit Bureau found DWD has not consistently required local trade committees, which assign apprentices to employers, to ...

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By Paul Snyder Contractors working on state projects should have a choice between hiring apprentices and journeymen, according to construction groups asking the state to ease its employment rules. “We want to see apprenticeship standards used as encouragement; not a ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Maxwell Thompson started working at Badger State Inc. two years ago with the expectation that he would be starting a plumbing apprenticeship by now. But the lack of construction work means some of the Eau Claire plumbing ...

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