Skilled Trades Veterans Speak Out for Prevailing Wage
How to become an OE324 Apprentice
Retiree Picnic 2017
Meet OE324 Apprentice Jessica Knight
Protect Michigan Veterans, protect Prevailing Wage
Operating Engineers and Michigan Urban Search And Rescue - Partnership and Training
Operating Engineers 324 Heavy Equipment Technician Apprenticeships
2017 Construction Science Expo
2017 Construction Career Days
Operating Engineers 324 Member Spotlight: Don Dybowski/Detroit Zoo
Operating Engineers 324 Family Day 2017
324 Spotlight
Greektown and OE 324 Partnership
Stacy & Witbeck and OE 324 Partnership
Connecting Detroit
2016 Michigan Construction Career Days
Your Career as a Stationary Engineer
Why Become a Stationary Apprentice?
Just Build It! Career Expo
Building Hope
OE 324 Apprentice Training
Contractor Perspective: The 324 Difference
OE 324 Projects
OE 324 Union Hiring Hall
A True Partnership
Prevailing Wage: MITA Viewpoint
OE 324 Legacy
Prevailing Wage: Real Cost
Prevailing Wage: Mike Stobak
Prevailing Wage: Employer Perspective
2015 Retiree Picnic
OE 324 Commercial
New OE 324 Logo Video
The Real Value of Union Training
OE 324: Construction Career Center
2014 Michigan Construction Career Days
2014 Retiree Picnic
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Skilled Trades Veterans Speak Out for Prevailing Wage
In February 2018, a number of military veterans who belong to the skilled trades traveled to Lansing, Michigan to share the importance of Prevailing Wage with legislators. Veterans enter the skilled trades at a greater rate than any other group or career, and in Michigan, Prevailing Wage helps guarantee a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. Repeal of Prevailing Wage laws, pushed for by moneyed special interests, will impact veterans at a significant rate. Protect Michigan Veterans - Protect Prevailing Wage. -
How to become an OE324 Apprentice
Apprenticeship Coordinator John Hartwell walks us through the steps and process to become a Heavy Equipment Operator or Technician Apprentice with OE324. Applications will be available starting June 11 – June 15, 2018. Visit www.OE324.org for more details on starting your career in this outstanding field! -
Retiree Picnic 2017
We look back at our 2017 Retiree Picnic at the Sam T. Hart Construction Career Center. Our retirees are the foundation on which #OE324 was built, and we thank them for their years of service to our local and our state. This year's Chum & Evelyn Hall Retiree Picnic & Health Fair is scheduled for Saturday, July 14. #OE324Strong #OE324Honors -
Meet OE324 Apprentice Jessica Knight
Meet Jessica Knight, 15 Year Veteran and Sergeant in the United States Army Reserve and Operating Engineers 324 Apprentice. Jessica talks about her service, Helmets to Hardhats, and being an OE324 Apprentice. -
Protect Michigan Veterans, protect Prevailing Wage
US Army veteran and Operating Engineers 324 Apprentice Jessica Knight has served 15 years as an active reservist, including four tours of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, she puts those skilled she learned in combat zones to work rebuilding Michigan. So she's confused why Special Interests and Michigan Legislators want to lower her wages and damage the great work our state is doing by repealing Prevailing Wage. -
Operating Engineers and Michigan Urban Search And Rescue - Partnership and Training
Operating Engineers 324 and the Michigan Urban Search and Rescue Foundation have a long-running and vital partnership. Together, they work to train Emergency first-responders to be prepared in the event disaster strikes. At the Operating Engineers 324 Construction Career Center in Howell, Michigan, these first responders come from all over the state and country to train with Operating Engineers in emergency skills like trench rescue, structure collapse, shoring, Confined Space training and Fire/Burning rescue. OE324 is proud to have members as part of the Michigan Task Force 1 (recently deployed to Florida in the wake of Hurricane Irma), and to continue a partnership with so many Emergency Response organizations. -
Operating Engineers 324 Heavy Equipment Technician Apprenticeships
We are training the next generation of Heavy Equipment Technicians at the Operating Engineers 324 Construction Career Center in Howell, MI. Here, some of our apprentices and their instructors talk about the skills necessary, and the advantages and opportunities a career as a Heavy Equipment Tech can offer! #OE324 -
2017 Construction Science Expo
We look back at the Construction Science Expo 2017 from May. The Construction Science Expo is an annual event, held in late spring at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit, during which high school students who have signed a drug-free pledge are invited to spend a day being exposed to careers in the engineering and construction fields through a variety of speakers and hands-on experiences. Operating Engineers 324 is a proud sponsor and participant, and the 2017 event was the best yet! -
2017 Construction Career Days
We take a look at the 2017 Construction Career Days, when thousands of high schools students from all over the state of Michigan visited the #OE324 Construction Career Center in Howell to learn about careers in the trades! The weather may have been less than ideal, but that didn't stop the students and volunteers from having a great time. Developing the next generation of skilled tradesmen and women is one of the most important challenges and opportunities we face, and OE324 is working hard daily to do just that. We're already looking forward to 2018! -
Operating Engineers 324 Member Spotlight: Don Dybowski/Detroit Zoo
A look at OE324 Member Don Dybowski, Detroit Zoo Stationary Engineer. The Detroit Zoo relies on Don and OE324 to maintain complex climate control systems for the animals the Zoo is renowned for. This includes the new Polk Penguin Conservation Center. -
Operating Engineers 324 Family Day 2017
A recap of the OE324 2017 Family Day, where members bring their families to the Construction Career Center in Howell, MI to see and use the equipment Operating Engineers work with daily! There is also a picnic, and the camaraderie as members meet each other's families and participate in this great event! -
324 Spotlight
The American Way TV segment featuring OE 324 Member John Hartline. -
Greektown and OE 324 Partnership
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Stacy & Witbeck and OE 324 Partnership
Stacy & Witbeck is the General Contractor and Construction Manager working on Detroit's M1-Rail project. They employ highly trained, skilled, productive, and safe OE 324 operators and contractors to get the job done right. -
Connecting Detroit
Many OE 324 members are working on the M1-Rail project as the 3.3 mile commuter rail line is being constructed. The QLINE will run on what was the first paved road in the country, connecting midtown to downtown to fuel the rebirth of Detroit. -
2016 Michigan Construction Career Days
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Your Career as a Stationary Engineer
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Why Become a Stationary Apprentice?
OE 324 Apprentice Paul S. works at Joe Louis Arena and is training to become a Stationary Engineer. Hear his success story and get an inside look at Stationary Engineering in this short video! -
Just Build It! Career Expo
Operating Engineers 324 is dedicated to educating today's youth about career opportunities in the skilled trades industry. Together we inspire the next generation of learners, thinkers, and doers. -
Building Hope
Over the past three months, Operating Engineers have been hard at work building the new Children’s Hospital of Michigan at the Detroit Medical Center. Throughout the project the Operators and Ironworkers have been interacting with the patients, waving back and forth with the children whose rooms overlook the construction project. This story has captured the hearts of OE 324, and we want to share it with you. -
OE 324 Apprentice Training
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Contractor Perspective: The 324 Difference
What gives OE 324 members a competitive advantage on the job site? Dave Ruhle of Toebe Construction shares first-hand the value of union trained Operators and the skills that set them apart. -
OE 324 Projects
Get an inside look at some of the projects that OE 324 members have been working on in your community. -
OE 324 Union Hiring Hall
Nearly 2,000 members are participating in the OE 324 Hiring Hall. Discover how OE 324 helps companies match the best workers to their current job needs. -
A True Partnership
OE 324 celebrates its partnership with Michigan CAT and embraces all of the hard work that is being accomplished right here in Michigan. This video showcases the tremendous value of the partnership between OE 324 and Michigan CAT. -
Prevailing Wage: MITA Viewpoint
Watch as Michael Nystrom, Executive Vice president of MITA, discusses the importance of Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law and what it means for the construction industry as well as our economy. -
OE 324 Legacy
Tom Schlang, Chief Engineer at Joe Louis Arena, talks about the pride he feels to have built his career as an OE 324 member, to see his son follow in his footsteps, and what it means to work in one of Michigan’s most loved landmarks. -
Prevailing Wage: Real Cost
Michael Nystrom of MITA talks about how the repeal of Prevailing Wage laws in Michigan would equate to the loss of quality, skilled employees and how this loss would impact Michigan’s economy. -
Prevailing Wage: Mike Stobak
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Prevailing Wage: Employer Perspective
Gary Benjamin of Gundlach Champion discusses the productivity of 96,000 local tradesmen and women and why Michigan’s construction trade workforce ranks number one within the country. -
2015 Retiree Picnic
This video is dedicated to all of the hard working members of OE 324 who shaped this state and its landmarks into what we know and cherish today. Watch as beloved members celebrate another year of retirement. -
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OE 324 Commercial
A 30 second commercial that offers a behind the scenes look at OE 324’s brand, work ethic, and impact throughout Michigan. Aired Spring of 2015. -
New OE 324 Logo Video
Introducing the new OE 324 Logo! OE 324 has a refreshed brand and looks forward to the bright future awaiting the next generation of Operating Engineers. -
The Real Value of Union Training
This video examines the value of Union Training in the Construction Industry. "Priceless, invaluable, indispensable." These are just some of the words Ironworker and Operator apprentices use to describe the unique opportunity to work together on the five-story “Raising Gang” training structure at the OE 324 Construction Career Center in Howell, MI. -
OE 324: Construction Career Center
Since 1967, the OE 324 Construction Career Center has been Michigan's only self-funded facility offering hands-on heavy equipment training to thousands of Apprentices and Journeyman Operators. -
2014 Michigan Construction Career Days
Since 2008, MICCD has been Michigan’s premiere construction career exploration event. MICCD provides Michigan’s young people a chance to experience construction up-close, getting the chance to use real tools, materials, and heavy equipment under the direct guidance of construction professionals from all sectors of the industry. -
2014 Retiree Picnic
OE 324 honors retired members as they celebrate another year of retirement at the annual summer picnic. -