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The Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council (OSBCTC) hosted its annual golf scramble on July 13, 2016. Over one hundred golfers from across the state of Ohio attended the outing, representing over fifteen local union halls and trades.
Read MoreJun 17, 2016 | Construction News, Issues, Members | 0 |
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index rose to 60 in June, which is the highest reading since January. The index had been unchanged at 58, for the last four month
Read MoreMay 27, 2016 | Construction News, Issues, Members, Project Labor Agreements | 0 |
On Tuesday, Toledo City Council voted 9-2 to pass an ordinance requiring all construction work over $100,000 be done under a Project Labor Agreement (“PLAs”) with the Northwest Ohio Building & Construction Trades Council. A PLA is a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with local labor organizations, which establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project.
Read MoreMay 24, 2016 | Construction News, Ohio Construction Legislation | 0 |
Last week, the Ohio Senate heard testimony in support of Senate Bill 249 (“S.B. 249”). This legislation requires each roofing contractor who is responsible for work on a nonresidential construction project to hold or be assigned a roofing contractor license issued by the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (OCILB).
In creating such a requirement, a Roofing Section within the OCILB will be formed to enforce roofing licenses. In order for a license to be obtained, the person seeking the license must pass an examination, to ensure they have the requisite knowledge to complete nonresidential roofing projects.
John Hayes of The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, & Allied Workers has been in the roofing industry for 41 years. He testified in support of the bill, focusing on quality standards and employee misclassification abuses.
Read MoreMay 12, 2016 | Issues, Ohio Construction Legislation, Project Labor Agreements | 0 |
On Tuesday, May 3rd, the Ohio Senate rejected a proposed ban on project labor agreements. The rejected legislation would have banned state and local governments from requiring use of project labor agreements on state-funded construction projects. This language was added to Senate Bill 152 in the House State Government Committee, which prohibits cities from imposing local hiring quotas on public projects.
Read MoreApr 29, 2016 | Apprenticeship, Conferences, Ohio Training Centers | 0 |
Last week, the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters hosted a 3-day competition, which was held in Cleveland at Pipefitters Local 120 and Plumbers Local 55.
Each local sent a representative from each of their trades. Overall, there were 46 UA apprentices in this friendly competition. The winners advance to the UA District 2 Regional Competition that will be held in Washington D.C. in early June.
Contestants took written tests to determine their knowledge and also were tested on skills used every day on the jobsite such as torch cutting, welding, tube bending, solder/brazing, rigging, transit, dry valve, screw pipe and knot tying, etc. Safety was also emphasized on the testing.
So many local Building Trades quietly give back to their communities. Last weekend, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) hosted a National Day of Community Action. Across the nation, IUPAT members and...
Read MoreMar 30, 2016 | Construction News, Industry Regulations, Issues, Labor-Management Cooperation, Members, Prevailing Wage, Safety | 0 |
The City of Cincinnati continues to lead the state of Ohio in implementing positive labor and workplace reform measures. Yesterday, Mayor John Cranley and Vice Mayor David Mann announced a package of city labor and workplace reforms aimed at strengthening the middle class. Other community leaders were present for this monumental announcement, including State Senator Sherrod Brown.
Just last month, Cincinnati became the first Ohio city to pass a wage theft ordinance, protecting employees by imposing penalties on employers who do business in the city of Cincinnati and who do not pay their employees the wages they have earned.
Mar 30, 2016 | Issues, Members, Ohio Construction Legislation | 0 |
The United States Labor Department announced Wednesday the closing of loopholes in the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act) allowing employers to hire anti-union consultants, known as “persuaders,” without reporting the arrangements.
As the law stands, reporting is only required if the persuaders are speaking directly with employers, but not if their influence reaches the workplace via intermediaries. So, consultants could advise company supervisors looking to suppress the organization of the workforce on what to say to workers and how to say it, and completely bypass the reporting requirements.
Read MoreMar 30, 2016 | Apprenticeship, Benefits, Conferences, Members, Resources | 0 |
Women in 2016 are on a path to not only be professional but also to be treated the same as their male counterparts. With the need, now more than ever, to have gender equality in the workplace, BloombergBusiness released an article sharing that women can narrow that gender pay gap by going straight into the fields that are dominated by males. Some of those suggested professions are in the construction trades.
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