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BLOOMFIELD TWP, Mich. – Operating Engineers 324 today praised the dedication and public service of Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon, who passed away on Thursday. “Sheriff Benny Napoleon was a great leader, a tireless advocate for working men and women, and a warm and a beloved gentleman whose dedication to All Posts, Press Release

BLOOMFIELD TWP, Mich. – Operating Engineers 324 today praised Sen. Tom Casperson, who passed away on Sunday, as a friend and advocate of working families in the Upper Peninsula and across Michigan. “Sen. Tom Casperson was a friend of working families and supported good wages, safe workplaces and a stronger All Posts, Press Release

Guest Column: Great Lakes Tunnel Earns Strong Backing of Michigan Labor Unions By:       Lee Graham, Operating Engineers 324 Labor Management Education Committee Executive Director We all want a good job and a fair wage.  We all deserve the opportunity to provide for our families.  Those aren’t partisan issues.  Even All Posts, Press Release

Business, labor host free virtual program highlighting skilled labor apprenticeships Nov. 9 HOWELL, Mich. – A collaboration of government offices, labor organizations and others presented a virtual program to highlight Department of Labor-registered apprenticeships in skilled trades and construction in Michigan. The free virtual learning program was held on Nov. All Posts, Press Release

Operating Engineers urge ‘Yes’ on Proposal N to restore neighborhoods, create Detroit jobs DETROIT, Mich. – Operating Engineers 324 today endorsed Proposal N, a five-year plan to restore neighborhoods in Detroit and create local jobs, and urged Detroit voters to support the plan. Proposal N is on Detroit voters’ ballot All Posts, Press Release

Operating Engineers 324 celebrates Detroit high school graduates of groundbreaking construction program DETROIT – Operating Engineers 324 hosted family, friends and students as well as workers and businesses in the skilled trades industry in celebrating high school students who graduated from a 16-week pre-apprenticeship program. Now in its fourth year, All Posts, Press Release

Operating Engineers 324, Fenton schools partner to learn about pathway to good skilled careers HOWELL, MI –Operating Engineers 324 spent a day with Fenton Area Public Schools administrators and shared ways to prepare students for careers in the skilled trades, especially as operating engineers who build and maintain critical infrastructure. All Posts, Press Release

Operating Engineers sign new pact with state of Michigan to boost worker and workplace safety HOWELL, Mich. – Operating Engineers 324 and the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration has extended their relationship by signing a new three-year agreement to collaborate closely on ways to boost worker health and safety All Posts, Press Release

Operating engineers protest against contractor that cheated workers Indiana company faces charges of unfair labor practices HOWELL, Mich. – Observing recommended COVID-19 precautions and practicing social distancing, Operating Engineer 324 members have resumed picketing a construction company that faces charges of mistreating its workers, and demanded Rieth-Riley Construction resume negotiating All Posts, Press Release

Coalition of Labor, Business, Industry Leaders Stand Together to Back Construction of the Great Lakes Tunnel Coalition Members Filing Comments with Permitting Agencies in Support of Tunnel Construction, Great Lakes, Michigan Jobs Lansing, Mich – To support construction of the Great Lakes Tunnel, an essential infrastructure project for Michigan’s economy Press Release

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

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