Labor Tribune DOL final rule updating Davis-Bacon Act represents largest expansion in generationsAugust 21, 2023By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a final rule updating and modernizing the Davis-Bacon Act. The updat…
Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2023) – Brent Booker, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – made the following statement today: The Biden Administration’s final rule to update the …
For those, whose jobs depend on transportation infrastructure investment, take note that the Republican majority in the House wants to completely gut Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure program, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Here&rs…
News, stories and insight from inside the Illinois Tollway. The Illinois Tollway and its workforce development partners reached out this week to a south suburban Chicago church community to promote career opportunities in highway construction through…
New $40 billion, multi-year effort reflects strength of Rebuild Illinois, multimodal commitment SPRINGFIELD – Governor JB Pritzker joined state and local officials at the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) headquarters today to announ…
Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2023) – Brent Booker, a third-generation laborer, today became General President of the half-million member Laborers’ International Union of North America. Booker was appointed to the position by the union’s…
April 28, 2023 As we approach the end of April, it is time to renew our commitment to fighting for safer jobs and commemorating those whom we have lost as we commemorate Workers Memorial Day in the U.S. and the National Day of Mourning in Canada, fol…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, On this, my last day as LIUNA General President, I write to wish you and your families all the best. I love this union and everything it stands for. It has been the privilege of my life to stand with the the strong, proud, …
