Construction is vital to Minnesota’s success, and is growing faster than any other sector of the economy. Today it is a $16 billion industry that directly supports more than 130,000 jobs. By ensuring more projects pay competitive wages, maintain high standards of safety and craftsmanship, and support best-in-class career training, Minnesota’s trade unions and signatory contractors aren’t just building our infrastructure—they are building a stronger Minnesota.
Why declining college enrollment isn’t (necessarily) a bad thing
For the better part of the last 60 years, Americans have been led to believe that the most viable path into a middle-class career is with a four-year degree and with it, often enough, thousands