Katherine Lehtinen, Plumber Magazine
Now more than ever, skilled trade workers are vital to society's everyday safety, health and well-being. At Oatey Co., we try to shed light on the significance of the trades while educating, inspiring and empowering the next generation of professionals.
Rhonda Crowder, Properties Magazine
With an aging workforce, diversification of the regional economy and the educational system's focus on college paths, there is a growing skills shortage in Northeast Ohio's construction and building trades industry. Consequently, these factors threaten Greater Cleveland's economic growth and prosperity by hindering employers who need motivated, skilled tradespersons.
Joe Bousquin, Construction Dive
Gilbane doubled down on its industry-wide push for more diversity in construction, committing $4 billion in contract awards to underrepresented firms over the next five years, including veteran, minority and women-owned businesses.
Sebastian Obando, Construction Dive
Though the number of women in construction has increased over 50% in the past decade, according to a Fixr report, the percentage of men and women working in different areas within the industry varies greatly.
Michelle Jarboe, Crain's
The Kroger Co. is forging ahead on plans for a robot-powered grocery-delivery center in Northeast Ohio, after winning state tax credits for the deal.
Reade Pickert, Bloomberg
U.S. hiring boomed in February while wage growth slowed, showing a strong labor market that likely keeps the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates this month while offering some respite from strong inflationary pressures.
Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com
Mayor Justin Bibb hired former Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed for a job aimed at cultivating minority businesses.
Reed ran against Bibb in the 2021 mayoral primary, but went on to endorse him in the general election against former City Council President Kevin Kelley.
Emilie Shumway, Construction Dive
The U.S. Department of Labor will add 100 investigators to support its Wage and Hour Division, the agency announced earlier this month.
DOL's hiring push for wage and hour investigators, along with its promise of "significantly more hiring" to come, signals the agency's intensifying focus on employers' violations of wage and hour laws.
