Building & Construction Trades Department

Ford Posts Biggest Profit Since '98, More IN Right-to-Work, Keystone Pipeline Gets New Push, 4-Year FAA Deal Reached & Huge PLA in LA for Metro with Community Workforce Provisions

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For the second month in a row, the overall national unemployment rate has declined, yet in construction joblessness continues on an upward trend - moving from 16% in December, to over 17% in January.  While certain policies have thankfully stopped the hemorrhaging overall, job growth remains less than stellar, particularly in construction.

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Written prior to the passage of Right to Work in Indiana, the article after the jump was written by Chris M. Stevens, a reporter with The Labor Paper in Peoria, Ill.  In the article, Stevens presents the argument that right to work laws and their riders have done nothing but hurt states which have enacted them in the past.  And backs his claims up with statistics.

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Contrary to what right-to-work proponents would have the public believe, this WAS NOT about creating an inviting economic atmosphere that would attract businesses to Indiana.  Rather, this effort - just like recent efforts to limit collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin and Ohio - was first and foremost about political power.

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New PLA in LA, Building Trades Member LiUNA Quits Blue Green Alliance Amid Keystone Decision, Retirement in Danger for Americans, POTUS Says America Needs to be Rebuilt & Backs it up by Creating More Jobs than Apple's Steve Jobs

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Right to work passes in IN, Keystone isn't dead yet and Dulles Rail hiccup and more in this news conglomerate.

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Florida's Construction Job Losses Mount Under Right-to-Work, America's Building Trades Unions Not Surprised & State of the Union Recaps Pulled by Building Trades

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Mark H. Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, issued the following statement in response to President Obama's State of the Union Address.

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