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Hundreds of construction workers strike over pay -- is an agreement in sight?
CBS 58 Milwaukee· 30 minutes agoIt has been two weeks since the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 members went on strike. "Right now, our members feel like they are entitled to a little bit better pay than ...
Lawsuit filed in deadly construction site fall at UChicago Hospital
FOX News Chicago· 8 hours agoThe family of a construction worker who fell over 100 feet after a scaffolding failure filed a...
Family of ironworker critically injured after fall from scaffolding in Hyde Park sues two ...
Chicago Tribune· 40 minutes agoJeffrey Spyrka, 36, was taken just a few steps from the site to UChicago Medicine with injuries his...
Ironworker survived deadly UC Medicine scaffolding fall after landing on PVC pipes
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 hours agoJeffrey Spyrka plummeted more than 125 feet from scaffolding that swung wildly in the wind last week...
4,000-year-old Greek hilltop site mystifies archaeologists. It could spell trouble for new airport
WKMG ClickOrlando· 6 hours agoResembling a huge car wheel from above, the ruins of the labyrinthine, 1,800-square-meter...
Crane operators on strike after failing to reach a contract. Here's which projects are affected
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoFor nearly two weeks, crane operators at 18 construction sites in and around Milwaukee County have...
Worker dies, another critically hurt after falling 9 stories at Chicago construction site
CBS News· 5 days agoOne construction worker was killed, and another was critically injured after falling nine stories...
Bill Gates says Wyoming nuclear reactor to be 'most advanced nuclear facility' on Earth
United Press International via Yahoo News· 28 minutes agoThe so-called Natrium reactor that will eventually be on site "is more than a design, it's a plant...
Obama visits presidential center as signature tower reaches full height
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 8 hours agoFormer President Barack Obama on Monday visited the sweeping construction site of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park to thank workers at a “topping ...
‘Callous acts of negligence and misconduct:’ First lawsuit filed in ironworkers’ fall from UChicago...
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe family of an ironworker who was critically injured last week in a fall from scaffolding at the ...