The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 has reached a contract to represent workers at Sunbelt Rentals' Franksville office after a three-year dispute over the labor group's unionization drive.

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A federal judge has ordered the equipment supplier Sunbelt Rentals to bargain with a labor union as the company appeals a decision forcing it to make amends for thwarting a unionization effort at its Franskville office.

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A trio of construction trades unions on Tuesday endorsed Rep. Brian Steil in his re-election bid for Congress.

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A federal judge has ordered the equipment-rental chain Sunbelt Rentals back to the bargaining table with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, after the company tried to frustrate a unionization drive at its Franksville office.

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Terry McGowan doesn't expect COVID-19 — and it's many ripple effects on Wisconsin's construction industry — to subside any time soon. The president and business manager of Wisconsin's largest construction union, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, said his members have adapted quickly amid a spate of job site restrictions aimed at keeping Wisconsin's essential construction crews safe at work.

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Donald Shaw Sr., the longtime leader of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, died last week at the age of 91.

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A judge has ordered the equipment supplier Sunbelt Rentals to hire back two employees it fired in an attempt to frustrate a unionization drive last year.

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As Wisconsin schools have closed to slow the spread of COVID-19, construction groups are putting their training programs on hiatus, too.

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Even as COVID-19 has led to school closings, event cancellations and other social-distancing measures, Wisconsin's construction industry has largely made no plans to stop work – at least fornow.

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The equipment lender Sunbelt Rentals is pushing back against a federal attempt to force it back to the bargaining table with a Wisconsin labor union.

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