Tag: Union
North Central WV District Annual Summer Family Picnic
Local 33 North Central WV District Thanks You For Your Service It’s that time of year! Local 33 North Central WV District handed out Membership Pins to its longest standing members. 50 Year Service Award Curt Kisner, Charles Miller, Thomas Slider, Vernon Lohr (not pictured) 25 Year Service Award Jim Jackson, Suzanne Morgan, James Hamrick (not pictured), David Clemons (not
Forbes.com Article Says Students Should Consider The “Other Four-Year Degree”
A January Forbes.com article discusses the advantages of apprenticeships and other vocational educations over bachelor’s degrees. The article, written by Nicholas Wyman, points out that roughly 13 million Americans with college degrees are unemployed and countless more are either underemployed or have given up trying to find a job. For those who go the vocational route, there are plenty of
Strickland visits Rossford Training Center
Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland made a campaign stop at the Rossford training center in northwest Ohio. He toured the state-of-the-art facility and spoke with second-year apprentices. Strickland saw firsthand how the building trades provide their members with a free education that gives them a pathway to live a middle class lifestyle. Strickland, Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld and Kelli Prather
Union density down slightly in 2014: Annual report
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that union density was 11.1 percent in 2014, down 0.2 percent from the year before. During the year, unions added 48,000 members, but the overall workforce grew more. The agency’s annual survey for 2014 also showed the median weekly wage of union members was $207 more than the weekly median wage for non-unionists. And
OSHA Budget Cuts Would Prove Dangerous
A budget cut is likely for the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a major detriment to the safety of workers and construction costs. The House has proposed that the 2014 budgets for OSHA and other DOL agencies be cut 18.6 percent from their sequestered 2013 budgets, down from $150 billion to a $122 billion department-wide budget. The
Labor Day Message for Unions
With Labor Day only days away, it’s fitting that some news outlets have devoted time to discussing labor unions and their presence in the current economy. The following is an article posted on The Hill’s Congress Blog entitled “Five reasons for optimism about unions this Labor Day”: The week following Labor Day, the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
Michigan Officially Latest “So Called Right to Work” State
Our neighbor to the north, Michigan, becomes the latest “So Called Right to Work” state this week, effectively stripping its workers of protections afforded by unions. The legislation, passed during a December lame duck session that did not provide any opportunity for public comment, takes effect today. In Ohio and West Virginia we are fortunate to remain in the shrinking
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