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Biden announces hydrogen hub investment
Biden announces hydrogen hub investment

President Biden and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced the creation of seven regional clean hydrogen hubs that will receive $7 billion in Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act funding to accelerate the domestic market for low-cost, clean hydrogen. According to the White House, the seven selected regional clean hydrogen hubs will utilize more than $40 billion in private investment and create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs – bringing the total public and private investment in hydrogen hubs to nearly $50 billion. 

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Cuyahoga County buys land for new county jail. PLA expected for $750 million project
Cuyahoga County buys land for new county jail. PLA expected for $750 million project

The Cuyahoga County Council approved the purchase of land in Garfield Heights to build a new county jail on Sept. 26. The 72-acre site, located off Transportation Boulevard and Granger Road, was purchased for $38.7 million. County Executive Chris Ronayne told the council the Garfield Heights site was large enough to build what the county needs in the future, which may include multiple buildings and a central service campus with wrap-around services that people will need in addition to the county jail.

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Community, Construction ProjectsCBCTC GenPLA, Project Labor Agreement, garfield heights, county jail, County Council, Mayor Matt Burke
Sisters Haven House
Sisters Haven House

Affiliated members of the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades are volunteering their time and talent to help turn an abandoned home into a safe and supportive housing option for pregnant women. Located on Cleveland’s west side, the home is owned by Sisters Haven, a nonprofit organization that provides safe housing and loving communities to pregnant women and new mothers. Once work is complete, up to seven pregnant women will live there until their child is approximately nine months old.

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Community, Education, Construction ProjectsCBCTC GenSisters Haven, Dave Wondolowski, Building Trades, IBEW Local 38, renovation, Doreen Cannon, Women in Construction
Pipefitters Local 120, MCA of Cleveland step up.
Pipefitters Local 120, MCA of Cleveland step up.

When a non-profit drug and alcohol rehab center needed a new compressor for the chiller at one of their properties, members of Pipefitters Local 120 and the Mechanical Contractors Association of Cleveland stepped up to help. The Ed Keating Center operates three non-profit sober living facilities for recovering alcoholic, and drug-addicted, men and women. The organization takes in individuals struggling with addiction at no cost to the individual or their health insurance.

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Community, Construction ProjectsCBCTC GenEd Keating Center, S.A. Comunale, Relmec, E.B. katz, Smith and Oby, Donations, Pipefitters Local 120, Mechanical Contractors Association, Marty Taft, Pat Cook, Mechanical and Plumbing Industry Council, Todd McKeever
Cleveland creates incentives to use Community Benefit Agreements

Cleveland leaders gathered on the steps of City Hall on June 27 to talk about the Community Benefits Ordinance recently passed by the City Council. Ordinance 297-2023 was passed on June 5. It is designed to encourage developers to use Cleveland-based, minority-owned and women-owned businesses for construction projects in exchange for incentives. The new ordinance will also create job opportunities for members of the building trades and provide a pathway for more Cleveland residents to join the trades. “I worked closely with the city on this, so I’m very pleased it passed,” said Dave Wondolowski, Executive Secretary and Business Manager of the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council.

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Community, Construction Projects, Construction IssuesCBCTC GenCleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin, Cleveland City Council, Mayor Justin Bibb, Community Benefits Agreement, Dave Wondolowski
Shuler laments need for ‘Deaths on the Job’ Report
Shuler laments need for ‘Deaths on the Job’ Report

Holding a copy of this year’s AFL-CIO Deaths On the Job Report, an angry federation President Liz Shuler had a blunt message for the nation’s employers. “This report should not have to exist …These pages should be blank,” she said.  Shuler joined a large crowd in the U.S. Labor Department’s main auditorium to honor the 5,190 workers killed on the job in 2021, the latest federal data available, which is what the AFL-CIO uses for its annual report

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Construction Projects, Organized Labor, SafetyCBCTC GenOSHA, jobsite safety, safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Women at Work, Liz Schuler
Cleveland considers $10 million to grow building trades
Cleveland considers $10 million to grow building trades

Cleveland City Council will soon vote to allocate $10 million from its American Rescue Plan Act funding to help bolster the region’s construction workforce. According to a presentation made at Council’s Workforce, Education, Training and Youth Development Committee held on Jan. 24, the funds will be used for work development purposes in the following manner:

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Community, Construction Issues, Construction Projects, Education, Organized Labor, Training, WagesCBCTC GenCity of Cleveland, Mayor Justin Bibb, Mayor Bibb, apprentice, apprenticeship, ARPA, American Rescue Plan Act, Cleveland City Council, Minority owned business, Minority, Small business enterprise, Workforce Development, union workforce, Ohio Means Jobs, Cleveland Builds
Trades score Progressive Field renovation work
Trades score Progressive Field renovation work

The Cleveland Guardians released details of their upcoming renovation project to reimagine their nearly 30-year-old ballpark. Renovation work on Progressive Field, the 11th-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, will begin upon the conclusion of the 2023 season and be performed by affiliated members of the Cleveland Building Trades under a Project Labor Agreement and a Community Benefits Agreement.

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Community, Construction Issues, Construction ProjectsCBCTC GenCleveland Guardians, Cleveland Indians, Progressive Field, Project Labor Agreement, City of Cleveland, Paul dolan, Community benefitsagreement, construction industry, The AKA Team, Minority owned business, Female busienss enterprise, Community Benefits Agreement
Sherwin-Williams Signs Project Labor Agreement for HQ Project
Sherwin-Williams Signs Project Labor Agreement for HQ Project

The Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council secured a Project Labor Agreement with Sherwin-Williams to build its new downtown headquarters and suburban research and development facility.

Dave Wondolowski, Executive Secretary for the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, said each project is expected to create about 1,800 jobs for affiliated members of the Cleveland Building Trades

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Community, Construction Projects, Organized LaborCBCTC GenProject Labor Agreement, Jobs, PLAs, Brecksville, Cleveland, Sherwin Williams, Mayor Frank Jackson, Dave Wondolowski
PLA's Used on New Cleveland Clinic Capital Projects
PLA's Used on New Cleveland Clinic Capital Projects

The Cleveland Clinic announced major construction projects in May set to take place on its main campus, with all work covered by Project Labor Agreements [PLA]. In his State of the Clinic address, Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., announced the Cleveland Clinic is investing in multiple capital projects, including the construction of new buildings and the renovation of several facilities in Ohio.

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AFL-CIO Trust Finances Senior Housing Rehab

The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) will finance a Cleveland-area affordable housing project for senior citizens. HIT will provide approximately $6.6 million of the $12.6 million needed for the substantial rehabilitation of the Pinzone Towers Apartments project, located in Rocky River, a suburb west of Cleveland.

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Community, Construction ProjectsCBCTC GenAFL-CIO, AFL Housing Investment Trust, Pinzone Towers, Rocky river, Affordable Housing, Seniors, CBT Development, construction jobs, Dave Wondolowski, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Cleveland, Investment
Cleveland Building Trades to Build Habitat House: Foundation Donates $25,000 to Cause
Cleveland Building Trades to Build Habitat House: Foundation Donates $25,000 to Cause

Affiliated members of the Cleveland Building Trades were on-hand April 18 for a groundbreaking ceremony to construct an all-union Habitat for Humanity house in Cleveland, funded in part by a donation from the Cleveland Building Trades Foundation. The $25,000 donation by the CBTF marks a significant investment in not only the project, but also the Greater Buckeye neighborhood, where the house will be built.

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State Tax Credits Jump Start Centennial Project
State Tax Credits Jump Start Centennial Project

A long-awaited project in downtown Cleveland will begin soon thanks to a major tax credit award from the State of Ohio, creating more work for area union trades.

On March 2, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority and the Ohio Department of Development awarded the Millennia Companies a $40 million Transformational Mixed-Use Development (TMUD) tax credit award for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of The Centennial. Located at 925 Euclid Ave., the building was formerly known as the Huntington Building and has been mostly vacant for over a decade.

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Community, Construction ProjectsCBCTC GenOhio Tax Credit Authority, Ohio Department of Development, Transformational Mixed-Use Development, The Centennial, Dave Wondolowski, Tax credits, Frank T. Sinito, Millennia, Jules Guérin, The Century Club, rehab, adaptive use, Huntington Building
Mixed-use Project in Cleveland to Create 300 Jobs
Mixed-use Project in Cleveland to Create 300 Jobs

A partnership between the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic, Meijer, Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation and Fairmount Properties will create 300 jobs for affiliated members of the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council. A Dec. 14 groundbreaking ceremonially started the project to build a small grocery store and apartment complex in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood. Located on the corner of East 105th Street and Cedar Avenue, Fairfax Market is part of the overall $500 million Cleveland Innovation District project.

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Community, Construction Projects, EventsCBCTC GenProject Labor Agreements, PLA, Jobs, Union jobs, Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin, Fairfax Market, Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation, Denise VanLear, Innovation Square Neighborhood Plan, Bialosky, John G. Johnson Construction Company, Grocery Store, Meijer, Cleveland Clinic, urban food dessert
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh Visits Cleveland
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh Visits Cleveland

Laborers’ Local 310 officers welcomed Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to the Local 310 Union Hall. From left to right: Field Representative Sean Campbell, Business Manager Terry Joyce, Secretary of Labor Walsh, Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Byrne and Field Representative/President John Soeder.

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Cleveland Clinic Breaks Ground for Mentor Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Breaks Ground for Mentor Hospital

Officials from the Cleveland Clinic held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 20 to mark the beginning of construction on a new hospital in Mentor.

The project was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but ground has officially broken, generating expectations of amble work opportunities for local union tradesmen and tradeswomen.

Members of multiple building trades affiliated with the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council stand to benefit from a longstanding relationship with the Cleveland Clinic, as many past Cleveland Clinic projects have been completed under Project Labor Agreements (PLA).

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CBCTC Endorses Indians Lease Extension, Upgrade Plan
CBCTC Endorses Indians Lease Extension, Upgrade Plan

The Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council officially endorsed the Cleveland Indians lease extension for Progressive Field on Aug. 26, including the corresponding stadium upgrade plan that would create jobs for building trades members. Earlier in the month, the Indians announced they reached a tentative deal with the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and the state of Ohio to renovate the ballpark and extend the team’s lease in Cleveland for at least 15 years. The current lease expires in 2023. The new lease is expected to start in 2022. The county is slated to pay off bonds from the original construction in 2023, coinciding with the expiration of the current lease.

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Union Pension Funds Help Finance ‘Artisan’ Project
Union Pension Funds Help Finance ‘Artisan’ Project

Union pension funds help finance ‘Artisan’ project

Area leaders officially broke ground on July 29 at the new Artisan Circle Square building in Cleveland’s University Circle neighborhood, which will be built under a Project Labor Agreement.

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Community, Construction Projects, Organized Labor, WagesCBCTC GenProject Labor Agreement, PLA, University Circle, Dennis Meaney, Jobs, IBEW Local 38, Midwest Development Partners, Artisan Circle Square, Dave Wondolowski
IBEW Local 38 helps Local Women’s Center
IBEW Local 38 helps Local Women’s Center

Members of IBEW Local 38 and their signatory contractors recently donated $34,000 in labor to the Women’s Recovery Center, which offers a multitude of services to women struggling with addiction.

The Women’s Recovery Center is an intensive outpatient center in Cleveland dedicated to women, focusing largely on substance abuse disorder. They use a unique approach to recovery, including care for physical health, emotional healing and family reunification.

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