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Operating Engineers 324 Director joins Gov. Whitmer’s jobs development board to help boost skilled trades opportunities BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Lee Graham, Executive Director of OE324’s Labor Management Education Committee, has been appointed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s newly created Michigan Workforce Development Board to help increase growth and new opportunities in the All Posts, Press Release

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) has recently been the target of fraudulent activity, forcing them to take precautions to further secure payments. While no data has been stolen from the agency, some workers currently unemployed may receive a “Stop Payment” notification in their account. It will be accompanied by All Posts, Announcement

Working to beat “A Hundred-Year Storm” The scenes were dramatic – a freeway flooded with water up to 14 feet deep. Cars, submerged, their drivers having to climb out to safety. A torrential late summer downpour had caused several Metro Detroit roads and freeways to fill with water, but none All Posts, News Article

On April 21, WJR’s Building Michigan show discussed the Operating Engineers Apprenticeship Application, and talked to OE324 Career & Outreach Coordinator John Hartwell, and Apprenticeship Coordinator Steve McFarland. They we’re joined by OE324 Business Representative and Stationary Engineer Ron Heurtebise, and Stationary Engineer Cameron Gardiner to talk about about careers, All Posts, News Article

While Michigan workers sit idled by COVID-19, out-of-state company cashes in MT. PLEASANT, Michigan – While thousands of Michigan skilled tradesmen and women are unemployed, honoring the state’s “Stay-At-Home” COVID-19 edict, work on a Michigan wind farm deemed essential is exploiting out-of-state workers to capitalize on profits, putting residents at All Posts, Press Release

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today announced new programs for workers affected by COVID-19. The governor, under the federal CARES Act, signed an agreement between Michigan and the U.S. Dept. of Labor to implement Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Compensation programs that grant benefits to workers who do not already qualify for state All Posts, Announcement

OE324 Notice regarding Michigan “Stay-At-Home” Order Today, Governor Whitmer announced the signing of Executive Order 2020-21, which orders that the majority of Michigan residents remain in their homes temporarily (three weeks), unless carrying out tasks necessary for sustaining or protecting life.  For those working in those “critical infrastructure” fields (which All Posts, Announcement

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS / COVID 19 COVERAGE Download pdf: With the recent and rapidly escalating coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 324 Health & Welfare Fund is coordinating with vendor and professionals to help support the membership during this health crisis. All Posts, Announcement

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS / COVID 19 COVERAGE Download pdf: At Operating Engineers Local 324, the health, safety, and well being of our members, partners, and communities are our top priorities. We understand the concern and uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus/COVID-19 and we are committed to providing our members with the All Posts, Announcement

In the interest of the health of our members, and working under guidelines put forth by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Operating Engineers 324 has decided to take the following measures: The March General Membership Meeting scheduled for March 18, 2020 in Detroit is cancelled. The Retiree All Posts

Operating Engineers 324 endorses Detroit Institute of Arts millage on ballot DETROIT, Michigan – Operating Engineers 324 is endorsing a renewal millage in support of the Detroit Institute of Arts, slated for the ballot today, March 10. The question asks voters in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties to renew 0.2 All Posts, Press Release

Kavanagh’s Drive To Excel, Positive Energy Earn Her ‘Apprentice of the Year’ Award Associated General Contractors of Michigan (AGC) has awarded it’s 2019 Apprentice of the Year award to Operating Engineers 324’s Elizabeth Kavanagh. A resident of Yale, Elizabeth, 25, is an outstanding example of an apprentice at Operating Engineers All Posts, Press Release