Union and open-shop employers alike continue to see wage increases in 2024.

Context and details are everything in life, including the way construction trade wages are determined and enforced under the federal Davis-Bacon Act.

Union membership in construction rose by 31,000 to 1.02 million in 2021 from its 2020 level.

Union-backed analysis of federal data says apprenticeships deliver similar compensation and social outcomes as four-year college degrees.

Former head of Indiana ironworkers' local sentenced for leading attack by local members on non-union contractor's workers.

But observers watch signals in hot markets and actions in city halls and state legislatures.