The Great Resignation means union building trades apprentices are more valued and needed than ever before.
That is the premise of a recent Dayton Daily News article that details the importance of apprentices to the local economy, especially as more Americans are quitting their jobs and reassessing what they want from a career.
Thanks to members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 and other building trades Locals, a new full-service grocery store will be built in an underserved Dayton neighborhood.
When it opens later this year, Gem City Market will become Dayton’s first worker and community-owned co-operative grocery store.
A co-op is unique because it is owned and democratically governed by its members, the people who use its products or services or those employed by the business. Continue reading →