OE 324

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

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

Operating Engineers praises Whitmer’s budget and road fix, calls on Legislature to find long-term solution HOWELL, Mich. – Operating Engineers OE324 today praised Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget and called her proposal to jumpstart more than 120 major road construction projects statewide an investment in Michigan’s future. Approved by the Michigan All Posts, Press Release

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

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

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

Contractor accused of unfair labor practices against workers sees heavy machine operators strike for fair treatment GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (July 31, 2019) – After more than a year of enduring underhanded actions while negotiating in good faith to resolve an Unfair Labor Practice dispute, Operating Engineers who work for Indiana-based Rieth-Riley All Posts, Press Release