WRTP | BIG STEP and the Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council have been awarded the Mark H. Ayer's Award by North America's Building Trades Unions. NABTU announced the award recently in response to the ongoing work by WRTP and MBCTC to engage women in careers in the trades.

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Representatives of the Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council presented a check Tuesday morning to the nonprofit group Meta House to cover its heating costs for January. Dan Bukiewicz, president of the trades council, handed the check over to Valerie ...

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The leader of the Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council is seriously considering a bid to become the leader of the city of Oak Creek.

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While labor officials contend it would be foolish not to give the new Bucks arena the benefits of a project-labor agreement, representatives of non-union companies are arguing that a PLA would be doing little more than limiting competition in a way that might lead to higher costs.

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Wisconsin Republican’s right-to-work bill would strike parts of state law aimed at promoting harmonious relations between labor and management interests.

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Gov. Scott Walker's contention that a right-to-work proposal would be a “huge distraction” from his efforts to create jobs has not prevented business groups from tabbing the legislation as a priority.

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Two years after he was named a business representative for one local trade union, Dan Bukiewicz was elected to represent all 18 of them as president of the Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council.

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Republican state lawmakers only are flirting with introducing so-called right-to-work legislation next year, but construction unions still are girding themselves for a fight.

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The private sector will look more attractive, a union official is warning, if lawmakers separate state building-trades workers’ pay from prevailing wages.

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He won’t officially step down until February, but Lyle Balistreri already is benefitting from retirement.

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