Local industry organizations are telling the public that now is the time to secure a seat with the crews that will be building Milwaukee's streetcar project.
To fight residential blight, Milwaukee County and workforce-development officials are looking to give prisoners a second chance by recruiting them to remodel often-dilapidated houses.
Milwaukee workforce-development officials are trying to make sure the 70 or so workers who will soon finish working on a curtain wall for the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons project can continue their careers in construction.
Trying to bolster the supply of skilled tradespeople who can work on large construction projects in Milwaukee, a local workforce-development organization is seeking help from independent groups that can provide training and job placement.
A Milwaukee program that aims to connect unemployed or underemployed residents with construction work is not doing enough to lead many of its participants to lasting careers in the industry, argues a new study from a nonprofit organization.
Workforce development officials say they are on track or ahead of schedule in meeting their hiring goals for the Northwestern Mutual Towers and Commons project in downtown Milwaukee.
Marquette University’s $120 million Athletic Performance Research Center is just one of several planned major projects in Milwaukee that industry leaders expect will create a skyrocketing demand for workers down the road.