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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 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

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 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 All Posts, Press Release

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2019/07/09/letter-let-free-market-competition-fix-roads/1672920001/ A few legislators in Lansing, backed by special interests, are trying to sneak through a proposal to bar many contractors from bidding on state projects. This is government meddling in private commerce. That the Detroit News supports government intrusion into private business is both surprising and disappointing. All Posts, News Article

It has been a busy spring at Labor Management. As we are into that all-important busy season of construction in Michigan, a quick recap of the great things we are partnered with. On May 1st and 2nd, the Operating Engineers 324 Construction Career Center in Howell hosted the All Posts, News Article

“We’re specialized here in pipeline.  It’s different than anything else you might do – this pipe don’t give at all.”  OE324 member and longtime pipeliner Tom McEvoy would know.  McEvoy has been working in the pipeline and distribution sector as an Operating Engineer 324 member since 1989.  Today, All Posts, News Article

Operating Engineers offers earn-while-you-learn training to fix the damn roads http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/operating-engineers-offers-earn-while-you-learn-training-to-fix-the-damn-roads (FOX 2) – The governor ran her campaign on it, the state unlocks the money to fix it, but the real work is done in part by the men and women of Operating Engineers 324. Workers are trained at a All Posts, News Article

Operating engineers hope hands-on career day will inspire Michigan students https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/operating-engineers-hope-hands-on-career-day-will-inspire-michigan-students By Rod Meloni – Reporter, CFP ®, Derick Hutchinson HOWELL, Mich. – Many children dream of getting behind heavy equipment, such as a bulldozer or a crane. The operating engineers are hoping to tap into those dreams All Posts, News Article

Whitmer applauds Construction Career Days for opening door to good paying jobs in skilled trades HOWELL – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer praised Construction Career Days as key to introducing Michiganders to good paying jobs when she joined more than 3,800 students who attended the event at Operating Engineers 324 All Posts, Press Release

Whitmer Joins Thousands Of Students For Construction Career Days https://www.whmi.com/news/article/students-construction-career-operating-engineers-324-howell-ted May 3, 2019 Students from more than a 100 schools across the state took part in this year’s Michigan Construction Career Days in Howell. Roughly 3,800 students participated in the 2019 Career Days held at the Operating Engineers All Posts, News Article