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With fall coming to an end and winter quickly arriving, the New Year is just around the corner. This fall has been particularly exciting and busy with OE324 taking part in a number of events to both continue our ongoing relationships and increase our outreach. For 42 years, Michigan Apprenticeship All Posts, News Article

It can be easy to spot Operating Engineers 324 members in almost any corner of Michigan, on any day and at any time. The eye can’t help but gravitate to the large cranes, heavy dozers or road pavers rebuilding Michigan. Or maybe it’s the Stationary Engineers running through schools, museums All Posts, News Article

Operating Engineers 324 President named to Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board HOWELL, Mich. – Operating Engineers 324 President Ken Dombrow has been appointed to replace OE324 Labor-Management Director Lee Graham on the Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board. Dombrow’s term begins immediately and ends Aug. 31, 2021. “I’m truly honored to serve on the All Posts, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Michigan Works! Association Celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with Visit to Germany Delegation to study success of German apprenticeship model and share information about successful U.S. apprenticeship programs LANSING, MI (Nov 4, 2019) – National Apprenticeship Week (Nov. 11-17, 2019), now in its fifth year, is a nationwide All Posts, Press Release

On October 9-11, the Michigan Apprenticeship Steering Committee, Inc. (MASCI) held the Build Michigan Conference at the Radisson Hotel Lansing and Lansing Center, and it was a true success.  We had an exceptional number of speakers and presentations including the welcoming of veterans (Helmets To Hardhats) and women (National Women All Posts

On October 15, WJR’s Building Michigan show was joined by OE324 Labor Management Director Lee Graham, OE324 Instructor John Haberkorn, Apprentice Lamar Richardson, North Central Director of the National Association of Women in Construction Rita Brown, OE324 Career and Outreach Coordinator John Hartwell and OE324 Communications Director Dan McKernan. Listen All Posts, News Article

With summer coming to an end and fall quickly arriving, here is a quick recap of a few great things we have partnered with through the summer and into the fall. Recently, Operating Engineers 324 participated in Life Remodeled’s Six Day Project to help clean up the City of Detroit. All Posts, News Article

Operating Engineers 324 today applauded Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s vetoing of several items in the submitted 2019 Transportation budget that would have drastically impacted the state’s ability to move forward on infrastructure. This includes the veto of a section added to the boilerplate language that would have prohibited MDoT from awarding All Posts, Press Release

Even in the predawn shadows, the school looms large over the park across the street. Not only because of its size – Western International High School with its three-story brick exterior is certainly massive – but because of the community it serves.  Western, deep in the heart of Southwest Detroit, All Posts, News Article

DETROIT –– Today, Michigan Democrats introduced a bipartisan proposal to crack down on crooked companies that break the law and steal wages from workers. This proposal sends a clear message to corrupt companies that the days of stealing wages from workers and getting away with are over, and OE324 urges All Posts

Building Capacity for our Construction Industry…One Student at a Time AUTHOR: Naheed Huq https://www.semcog.org/blog/artmid/528/articleid/311/building-capacity-for-our-construction-industry%e2%80%a6one-student-at-a-time Earlier this month, I attended the graduation of 17 students from the third cohort of the Detroit Workforce of the Future (DWF) program. This 16-week program provides juniors and seniors from three Detroit high schools with All Posts, News Article

Coalition Supports Hollier Legislation To Fix More Roads With The Taxes Drivers Already Pay The Build It Michigan Strong Coalition Supports New Hollier Legislation To Stop Government Waste And Fix More Roads With The Taxes Drivers Already Pay LANSING – The Build It Michigan Strong coalition of labor and business groups All Posts, Press Release