Digging for Dirt
Associated Builders and Contractors released the following remarks today regarding the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual Union Members Summary. According to 2022 data, the percent of construction industry wage and salary workers belonging to unions dropped to a record low […]
It is with great sadness that GOMACO announces the death of our President, CEO and company cofounder, Gary L. Godbersen. Gary peacefully passed away on January 17, the opening day of World of Concrete 2023. He was 83 years old.
Gary […]
By Julie Davis, SHRM-CP, Sr. Director, Workforce and Industry Initiatives, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
If you feel like there are fewer workers to be found these days, rest assured, you are correct.
A decrease in the rate of births, declining since the […]
By the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
As CONEXPO-CON/AGG continues to draw near, Stephen Roy, President, Region North America, at AEM member company Volvo Construction Equipment, discussed his thoughts on the show and the direction of the construction equipment industry.
Roy discussed what attendees and fellow exhibitors […]
The construction industry had 422,000 job openings in September, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled […]