Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com
Mayor Justin Bibb hired former Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed for a job aimed at cultivating minority businesses.
Reed ran against Bibb in the 2021 mayoral primary, but went on to endorse him in the general election against former City Council President Kevin Kelley.
Emilie Shumway, Construction Dive
The U.S. Department of Labor will add 100 investigators to support its Wage and Hour Division, the agency announced earlier this month.
DOL's hiring push for wage and hour investigators, along with its promise of "significantly more hiring" to come, signals the agency's intensifying focus on employers' violations of wage and hour laws.
Zachary Phillips, Construction Dive
On February 10, Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced AGC-supported legislation to extend the employee retention tax credit (ERTC) through the end of 2021. The Senate bill mirrors AGC-supported legislation introduced in the House of Representatives last month by Reps. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) and Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.).
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
A new study by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute found that a union apprenticeship may be a better ticket to the middle class than a traditional four-year degree.
Ken Prendergast, NEO Trans
In a recent presentation by the chief of the Cleveland Clinic, the public got a sneak peak of two of its major-new facilities in the background. The conceptual renderings offered the first-ever public glimpse of what the new Neurological Institute could look like and gave a revised design of the proposed expansion of the Cole Eye Institute.
Zachary Phillips, Construction Dive
The number of American workers who belong to unions continued to decline in 2021.
Cleveland State University has kicked off the process to create a 10-year campus master plan to design and guide the development of its physical campus to support CSU 2.0 – the university’s aggressive, growth-oriented strategic plan.
Zachary Phillips, Construction Dive
For construction, a "Help Wanted" sign is familiar, as the demand for new workers has continued to outpace the supply.
The industry has faced a compounding labor shortage for decades, and, in 2022, a perfect storm of swirling factors could both aid and exacerbate the issue.