Building the clean energy economy must go hand in hand with creating high-quality American jobs. Unions and worker power are integral to realizing this outcome. Union workers earn higher wages and are more likely to receive necessary benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, and paid leave than their nonunionized counterparts. Read the entire article here
Union construction work in Minnesota pays better than the nonunion peers without inflating project costs in the $16 billion industry, according to anew study out last week. Read the entire article here
Coupled with other findings in the study, Midwest Economic Policy Institute Policy Director Frank Manzo said Tuesday, July 6, is the takeaway "that Minnesota's union construction industry is no more costly than the nonunion alternative even though it produces higher wages." Read the entire article here
Union contractors in Minnesota collected an average hourly pay of $33 between 2015 and 2019, according to the study, $8 more than their nonunion counterparts and only $2 less than the average Minnesota college graduate. Read the entire article here
“While much is known about the impact of collective bargaining on the wages of represented workers and the apprenticeship programs that train most of our state’s skilled construction workforce, this report details broader economic, fiscal, and social impacts that are too often overlooked by policymakers,” said study co-author and ILEPI Policy Director Frank Manzo IV. “In northeastern Illinois alone, construction union contracts aren’t just reducing poverty, they are creating jobs and spurring growth across all sectors of the economy while providing state and local governments with a reliable tax base to fund schools, police, fire, and other vital public services.” Read the entire article here
With an apprenticeship, there’s little if any costs, which means at the end of the apprenticeship, you’ll have a skill that you can use for a lifetime — without incurring tens of thousands of dollars in college debt. Read the entire article here
The Construction Industry Labor Employers Council (CILEC) is a labor management committee that brings together signatory contractors and their employee representatives to enhance awareness about the work of the unionized construction industry in supporting Minnesota’s economic and workforce development objectives.
As growing numbers of employers warn of labor shortages , some have also taken that to mean that somehow Americans don’t want to work . This is simply not true. The so-called “Great Resignation” that followed the worst public
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