A new study revealed more women are choosing to enter the construction industry. According to Smart Asset, women flocked to the construction industry between 2015 and 2019. During this five-year period, more women decided to work in construction than in any other...
Although construction continues to be a male-dominated field, women are making progress in Missouri and throughout the country. On the America's Work Force Union Podcast, Deputy Director Gina Walsh said women are beginning to see the value of the building trades and...
Mechanical Insulators Labor Management and Cooperative Trust (LMCT) Executive Director Pete Ielmini appeared on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed worker safety on the jobsite and how the insulation industry has advanced in recent years. Ielmini told...
The Mechanical Insulators LMCT representatives are partnering with the Ontario Government to create youth training programs designed to expose more children and young people to careers in the construction industry. The $43 million in expanded youth training programs...
The North America’s Building Trades Unions have announced the 2020 Trades Women Build Nations Conference will be a virtual event. In the past, this annual conference was held at different locations throughout North America and Washington D.C. was chosen to be the host...
Democratic Party Presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged his future support for the Mechanical Insulation industry. In an Aug. 15 letter to International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers General President James P. McCourt, Biden discussed...