A Sustainable Workforce Starts With You
The startling details of this case may motivate lawmakers to crack down on illegal worker misclassification and human trafficking. We will continue to report on cities and states that pass legislation to protect human lives and protect those who run their businesses ethically. [node:read-more:link]
Elizabeth McPherson talks with Quincy Gibbs at a Signing Day for graduates of a Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF) Ready for Industry Boot Camp. [node:read-more:link]
Labor departments from NJ, DE, and PA signed a reciprocal agreement designed to better protect workers and employers through a newly established pipeline of information sharing and coordination of enforcement efforts. [node:read-more:link]
The Commission on Texas Workforce of the Future has been created to recommend legislation for submission during the next legislative session in 2021 to alleviate the skilled workforce shortage in the state. [node:read-more:link]
Over 1000 high school juniors and seniors interested in construction as a career from 35 schools around the Dallas/Fort Worth area interacted with 81 construction companies during the 2019 Build Your Future Construction Career Day hosted by Construction Education Foundation. [node:read-more:link]
The first annual C3 Career Fair for Houston-area high school students was considered a great success by students, teachers, and industry professionals. Elizabeth McPherson interviewed some of the people who were there. [node:read-more:link]
“Stereotypes, and stigmas, and images – and they are all rooted in fiction. It’s not true anymore. My foundation trains hundreds of people in these skilled trades, and over time, many of them go on to make six figures. But we still look at them as recipients of some vocational consolation prize.” – Mike Rowe [node:read-more:link]
Elizabeth McPherson had an opportunity to visit the jobsite of the new Memorial Hermann patient care tower in the Texas Medical Center, where she spoke with MAREK foreman Gloria Palau about her recent promotion and her career in construction. [node:read-more:link]
Elizabeth McPherson visited an active construction site in the Texas Medical Center where she was able to interview MAREK craft professional Laura Contreres and her superintendent, Ferssen Lopez. [node:read-more:link]
For the 17th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, EarthCam has released a time-lapse video documenting the construction of 3 World Trade Center in New York over its 8-year construction from May 2010 through its completion in June 2018. [node:read-more:link]
