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Ironworkers to accept 100 apprentice applications; operating engineers have 5 openings Updated 8:12 PM; Today 8:09 PM The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is looking to recruit 100 Ironworkers and five operating engineers, this Spring, according to the Department of Labor.AP Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for Ironworkers, Local Union 40 and 361, will recruit 100 apprentices this month, the state Department of Labor announced. ...

90.5 WESA A mayoral debate broadcast by WTAE Channel 4 took a sharp turn in its final minutes as incumbent Bill Peduto accused rival Ed Gainey of taking votes and political positions in exchange for union endorsements -- a tactic Peduto called “at best unethical." The exchange came over 40 minutes into the hour-long debate, when Gainey accused Peduto of backing out of a pledge to continue a lawsuit challenging the tax-exempt status of UPMC once he took office. “When this administration cam...

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 Endorses Barberio for Mayor in Parsippany-Troy Hills By Insider NJ | April 27, 2021, 11:13 am | in City Confidential Today, the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 825 announced its endorsement of James Barberio for Mayor, Frank Neglia and Deborah Orme for Township Council in the upcoming Republican primary election. Greg Lalevee, Business Manager of IUOE Local 825 released the followin...

  Heather Hutt: An Experienced Leader who will Fight for Working Families, Community Recovery, and for the People of the 54th Assembly District By Sentinel News Service Published April 22, 2021 With our community facing a myriad of challenges as we begin the process of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles needs elected representatives who have both the lived experience and professional background to get desperately-needed resources into the hands of Angelenos as quickly as possib...

TC Energy awards contracts for Keystone XL pipeline project Share 29 October 2020 Sign up here for GlobalDatas free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. North American energy company TC Energy has awarded more than $1.6bn worth of contracts to six major American union contractors to construct pipelines for Keystone XL Pipeline. According to the company, the contractors will be directly responsible for recruiting over 7,000 union workers next year and ...

Charlie Crist banks $347K in Q1 as he mulls next political step U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is sitting on more than $646,000 in his federal campaign account for reelection to Florida’s 13th Congressional District in 2022, according to the latest financial filings with the Federal Elections Commission. In the first quarter of 2021 covering Jan. 1 through March 31, Crist raised $347,188. After accounting for $120,000 in expenditures during that period, Crist grew his federal account by about $227...

Veteran civil-rights activist Tim Stevens says he didnt authorize his appearance in this attack ad. The first real attack ad of Pittsburgh’s mayoral campaign — aired by the kind of outside-spending group that local politicos have been expecting — landed this week. And one of the people feeling stung by it isn’t even a candidate. “We felt like our credibility was at stake,” said Tim Stevens, a longtime Black civic leader and founder of Black Political Empowerment Project, after see...

The ongoing investigation regarding contamination at the 6/1o project PHOTO: GoLocal The ongoing federal investigation related to the dumping of contaminated material in Olneyville tied to the 6/10 construction project is advancing. Federal agents visited the home of a supervisor of Barletta Engineering — the company is the lead contractor on both the 6/10 project — the states largest construction project as well as the contractor on another RIDOT project Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter Ra...

Now the unions contend they have documents that validate their assertions. "Clearly the evidence after reviewing these resumes support what weve been doing all along and clearly there were qualified Canadians who should have had an opportunity at these jobs," said Brian Cochrane, a spokesman for the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115. "It appears that some of them didnt even have an opportunity for an interview." The engineers union and the Construction and Specialized Worker...

The Spin: Johnson & Johnson shots paused | Federal officials looking for temporary migrant shelters visit Great Lakes Navy boot camp | Obamas on fatal police shooting Lisa Donovan, Chicago Tribune © Antonio Perez/Antonio Perez Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks with the media March 19, 2021, in Chicago. The state, Cook County and Chicago public health departments hit the pause button on distributing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following recommendations from the FDA and CDC...