Tag: employment

July 13, 2022

The somewhat glum outlook from contractors about the profitability of their companies going forward, despite having a longer runway of work now than last summer, reflects a stark change from early 2022. “Several months ago, there was conjecture that contractors […]

December 3, 2021

Construction’s workforce continued to expand in November, adding 31,000 jobs during the month, the Labor Dept.’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. The bureau’s latest report on the nation’s employment picture, released Dec. 3, showed that the jobs gains occurred […]

January 13, 2021

CBAs are agreements negotiated between employers and unions and cover work terms like rates of pay and other conditions of employment. The study said additional benefits for construction workers in northeastern Illinois covered by CBAs were: Wages increased by 11% […]

April 20, 2020

Exactly how quickly the OFCCP will send out the new scheduling letters is difficult to say, Vann said, but she assumes it will be as soon as reasonably possible. “A few things have to happen first,” she said, “including the […]

January 13, 2020

Construction employment increased by 20,000 jobs in December and by 151,000, or 2.0 percent, in all of 2019, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that its recent survey […]

September 20, 2019

The issue the legislation addresses is divisive, particularly in the construction industry. “We are grateful for Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s leadership on this critical issue, and to the governor for signing AB5 into law,” said Dan Langford, executive secretary-treasurer at the […]

January 24, 2018

Forty-two states added construction jobs between December 2016 and December 2017, while 32 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between November and December, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department […]

September 7, 2017

A mid a construction boom, 70% of construction firms say they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions, according to the results of an industry-wide survey by Autodesk and the Associated General Contractors of America. Chronic labor shortages […]

June 5, 2017

The construction industry added 11,000 jobs during May and its unemployment rate improved from April’s level but it was slightly worse than the year-earlier figure, the Labor Dept. has reported, The latest monthly employment report, which the department’s Bureau of […]

June 5, 2017

Construction employment increased by 11,000 jobs in May to the highest level since October 2008 and average weekly hours set a series high for May as contractors struggled to find enough workers to meet demand for projects, according to an […]

April 10, 2017

The slowdown in construction employment growth follows a strong showing in the first two months of 2017, which notched almost 100,000 combined new jobs and set a record in February for the strongest recorded level since March 2007. After averaging […]

November 30, 2016

Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico joined 36 other states that all posted employment gains between June 2015 and June 2016. Despite this long-term positive growth, the month-over-month employment figures are less positive: 25 states, including New Mexico, lost construction jobs […]

November 23, 2016

Thirty-nine state added construction jobs between July 2015 and July 2016 while construction employment only increased in 23 states and the District of Columbia between June and July, according to analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated […]

November 14, 2016

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this month that 7.8 million Americans are unemployed, while at the same time 5.8 million jobs remain unfilled in America, according to a press release from the Career Education Colleges and Universities. CECU says […]

July 12, 2016

Both nonresidential (3,700) and residential (4,700) specialty trade contractors saw an increase in new jobs, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors, but nonresidential builders (-1,300), residential builders (-2,400) and heavy/civil engineering contractors (-3,900) all lost positions. The inability of […]