Underground, beneath the paths students are taking to walk to class on a typical Monday, the classrooms they are studying in, and the 175-foot-tall University of Detroit Mercy Memorial Tower that announces the venerable institution to the world, Cameron Gardner is in a tunnel. Gardner is an Operating Engineers 324 member and plumber, and he
Spring is right around the corner, bringing with it warmer weather and for Labor Management, it is a chance to continue the many great opportunities and projects we have been working on throughout the winter months. In January, we hosted our 19th Annual Upper Peninsula Signatory Contractor Roundtable. We met with representatives from A. Lindberg
The sidewalk running along the Kilgore Road bridge in Portage is showing its age. Broken concrete, rocks and glass litter the walkway directly above traffic passing under it on I-94. Even with the lanes shifted, this traffic moves at a minimum of the posted 45 mile per hour speed limit – and often faster as
In the late 1960s when Mike Sherwood came back from deployment in the service, he did not know he was looking for a career, just a job. He had worked at WF McNally Co. for a couple years while he was in college, driving a gravel truck and came back hoping the company might have
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. Many others were deemed “essential workers,” from