OE 324

The first case of COVID-19 in Michigan was reported on March 10.  Rapidly, things changed for everyone in the state, and Operating Engineers 324 members were no exception.  As schools were cancelled and restaurants closed, many projects were temporarily stopped, and workers asked to wait out the pandemic.  All Posts, News Article

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 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 All Posts, News Article

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 All Posts, News Article

Even as the Construction industry becomes more diverse daily, Brenda Davis strikes a unique figure on the job site: an African-American woman who’s only 18 years old and barely a year out of high school. But once she puts on her hardhat, Brenda instantly becomes a member of All Posts, News Article

We are extremely disappointed that Detroit Renewable Energy has chosen to shutter their Detroit facility without warning and eliminate the jobs of 150 hard working skilled employees. This decision is short-sighted, and eliminates a source of renewable energy important to the future of the region. More importantly, it All Posts, Press Release

Job-seekers looking for good-paying careers as stationary engineers, HVAC techs invited to pick up job training applications on Feb. 15 DETROIT – Operating Engineers 324 is inviting job-seekers who want good-paying careers as stationary engineers and HVAC technicians to pick up job training applications in Detroit on Friday, All Posts, Announcement

‘Access For All’ Students Cleaning Up Fitzgerald Neighborhood Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Program Takes Place This Week DETROIT—This week, students from the current class of “Access for All,” a building and construction trades apprenticeship readiness program and an initiative of the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund (DRWF), are working to All Posts, Press Release

Keeping Detroit Running: Operating Engineers Open up their Career Training Center in Detroit Graduates Work at Detroit stadiums, the Detroit Zoo, Detroit Public Schools and Other Residential and Commercial Projects DETROIT –– Today, Operating Engineers 324 held tours of its state-of-the-art training labs and career facility in Detroit All Posts, Press Release

OE 324 Recording Corresponding Secretary Tom Scott Appointed to Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority Scott Replaces the Late Derrick Sanders on the Board DETROIT –– Operating Engineers 324 Recording Corresponding Secretary and Business Agent Tom Scott has been appointed to the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority. Scott is replacing longtime All Posts, Press Release

Operating Engineers 324 Congratulates Duggan, Ayers, and Yancey on Election Victories Union Endorsed Detroit Mayor, State Rep. Candidate, and a City Council Candidate DETROIT –– Operating Engineers 324 today congratulated four candidates they endorsed in the Nov. 7 election. Mike Duggan, Mayor of Detroit: “Mayor Mike Duggan has All Posts, Press Release

DETROIT METRO TIMES We live in a post-vocational education world. The problem? That same world still needs skilled trades workers. In fact, in a 2015 report on employment and occupations in skilled trades released by the state of Michigan, researchers estimate that by 2022 skilled trades jobs will All Posts, News Article