Laborers Local 773 Secretary Treasurer says with an increase in both federal and state infrastructure projects, he has never seen a shortage in trades workers this large.
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May 4, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
Developers of a port under development in Cairo, Ill., signed a project labor agreement April 27 with the Illinois AFL-CIO guaranteeing at least 500 union jobs in building it.
The Alexander-Cairo Port District represents one of the largest investments in southern Illinois in decades, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in announcing the port last August. The state’s Rebuild Illinois capital plan is providing $40 million in funding for construction of the port.
The port district is securing additional private investment and structuring the port as a public-private partnership, according to a news release from the port’s public relations firm announcing the labor agreement.