21 Resolutions Adopted at the 68th BCTD Convention
Submitted by JohnSee on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 4:08pm21 Resolutions were adopted by the delegates to the 68th BCTD Convention held August 18-19, 2010 in Minneapolis, among them: Establish the Term of Office for the Chairman of the Canadian Executive Board; Title of the Director of Canadian Affairs; and Eligibility to Serve as a Building Trades State, Provincial or Local Council Officer. All resolutions are listed in this article, along with a highlights VIDEO from the convention. read more ?
Employee or Independent Contractor?
Submitted by JohnSee on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 5:01pm
Ohio State University has put together a list of 20 questions which the IRS uses to determine if a worker is an independent contractor or employee. The answer of yes to any one of the questions (except #16) may mean the worker is an employee. This may be a useful list for business agents or organizers to use if there is some doubt about the status of a worker. read more ?
Efficiency Works: Creating Good Jobs and New Markets Through Energy Efficiency
Submitted by JohnSee on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 4:37pmThe United States is mired in an urgent jobs crisis. Despite some early signs of a sustained economic recovery, in many parts of the country the debilitating fallout from the Great Recession on employment remains a painful fact of daily life. Few industries have felt the economic downturn harder than the construction industry, which suffered the most from the consequences of a decade of gross mismanagement of our nation’s mortgage markets and financial services industries. read more ?
South Dakota trades get first project labor agreement
Submitted by JohnSee on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 2:50pmOn June 16, construction unions in South Dakota signed off on the first Project Labor Agreement in the state for a project that will actually be built. On Aug. 2, ground was broken for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Deer Creek Station near White, S.D., just 20 miles from the Minnesota border. read more ?
Contributing to the American Dream
Submitted by JohnSee on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 3:22pmIn Los Angeles, janitors in SEIU Local 1877 ended a weeks-long strike in April, winning a strong new contract.
As poor workers emigrate here to seek a better life, the communities they join often face rapid growth and change. Residents of small towns and even big cities, especially in California, Texas, New York, Illinois and Florida, now walk down their streets and see large numbers of new neighbors who speak different languages and have distinctive cultures. read more ?
Defining Prosperity Down
Submitted by JohnSee on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 2:46pmBy PAUL KRUGMAN/Opinion/NY Times
Published: August 1, 2010
I’m starting to have a sick feeling about prospects for American workers — but not, or not entirely, for the reasons you might think.
Yes, growth is slowing, and the odds are that unemployment will rise, not fall, in the months ahead. That’s bad. But what’s worse is the growing evidence that our governing elite just doesn’t care — that a once-unthinkable level of economic distress is in the process of becoming the new normal. read more ?
Workers Memorial provides opportunity to remember and renew commitment
Submitted by JohnSee on Wed, 08/04/2010 - 1:14pm
Years of effort came to fruition Tuesday with the dedication of the Minnesota Workers Memorial, a monument on the grounds of the state Capitol dedicated to those injured and killed on the job. read more ?
