The ironworker Randy Bryce spent months preparing to try to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan in the election this November, cleverly cultivating an "Iron Stache" persona for a candidacy that was as colorful as it was unlikely.

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Tony Mayrhofer has heard all the doomsday predictions about what Wisconsin’s adoption of a so-called right-to-work law and elimination of prevailing wages will mean for unions.

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Democrat Randy Bryce says he raised $2.1 million over the first three months of this year as he campaigns to take on Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan.

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National Democrats are backing the ironworker Randy Bryce in a Wisconsin congressional primary battle for the right to challenge Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan in the November midterm elections.

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Projects such as the Northwestern Mutual Life building once again have Milwaukee area ironworkers heading skyward. And that’s got Mike Henke thinking about safety.

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From the ground, ironworkers look interchangeable in their hard hats and reflector vests. Up close, they radiate swagger. They come off their shifts at 3:30 p.m., tools swaying from their belts, maybe a cigarette hanging from a lip, cracking jokes.

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Minnesota is raising the bar for minority hiring on construction projects paid for by the state, but some contractors say the new aggressive goals aren't realistic -- especially while unemployment is high in the construction industry.

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By DAVE GRAM Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A labor union complained Wednesday that large wind-power projects in northern Vermont and New Hampshire are bypassing local ironworkers, bringing in out-of-state crews, and undermining the projects’ hoped-for benefits for the ...

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By Paul Snyder State lawmakers Monday introduced an amendment to a bill requiring licensure of ironworkers in Wisconsin, but the changes are not enough to win over the bill’s opponents. “In my first read of it, it looks like they ...

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By Paul Snyder Authors of a bill that would require licensure of ironworkers in Wisconsin are working on amendments to quell growing opposition in the construction industry. Critics argue the bill is a thinly veiled jurisdiction grab and say passage ...

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