When workers do not earn enough money to meet their basic needs, they often turn to safety net programs to make up the difference. This costs taxpayers almost $28 billion per year. Check out our one pager on this important topic here! Read More…

We tip our construction hats to all the strong, fearless, female construction workers. An article was recently written in The Philadelphia Citizen that mentions two of our very own union carpenters!

“My first job was really big—the UPenn Pavilion,” Yiantselis recalls. “I was really proud of that. I went in there, and I said to myself: I want to see the job out to the end, or as close to the end as I can get. I got certifications to do certain types of finish work that were going to be in this hospital, and I was there for a long time.”

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WHAT DO A CARPENTRY APPRENTICESHIP AND CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING HAVE IN COMMON? MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. Read more using the link below: https://www.trentondaily.com/prior-learning-assessments-give-n-j-carpenters-the-credit-they-deserve/Read More…

In honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 15 free little libraries will pop up throughout Philadelphia in the spring, made by a cohort of new Philly carpenters. Read more using the link below: https://whyy.org/articles/in-mlks-honor-15-little-libraries-will-pop-up-in-the-spring-thanks-to-carpentry-apprentices/Read More…

A News4 I-Team investigation reveals allegations of theft at high-profile local projects Read more using this link: https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/dozens-of-wage-theft-investigations-conducted-in-dc-area/2760638/  Read More…