National Skilled Trades Day spotlights urgent need to tackle skilled worker shortage

View the Full Post Here Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. National Skilled Trades Day takes place every year on the first Wednesday of May.  The wave of early retirements in 2020 and 2021 triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue […]

Open construction jobs plunge 40%, but economists question data

View the Full Post Here Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The number of construction job openings dropped by 39.9% from a month earlier to 274,000 on the last day of March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data […]

Elon Musk’s Boring Co., concrete contractor cited on ‘Dirty Dozen’ list

View the Full Post Here Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Elon Musk’s tunneling company and a Vegas iron reinforcing contractor are among the 2024 “Dirty Dozen” employers called out last week by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health […]