Items Tagged with 'Carpenters Union'

The Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries assessed penalties totaling $16,800 for SAK Builders in relation to a fatal construction site accident in March.

Officials accuse Bridgeview, Ill.-based Drive Construction of setting up two layers of shell companies and paying workers in cash to avoid traceability.

Rodriguez credits his father, an immigrant who arrived in the U.S. undocumented and worked as a union laborer, for encouraging him to become a carpenter.

The merger follows a trend of reorganizing smaller districts into larger regional councils.

No new negotiations have been scheduled as union leaders work to reach a consensus with members who rejected the latest tentative contract.

Construction unions in Massachusetts remain at loggerheads with Gov. Charlie Baker as the state pushes back against calls for a statewide building moratorium amid the coronavirus crisis.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has called on leaders of the state’s construction industry to develop safety procedures that will allow projects to continue during the coronavirus pandemic.