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Project updates in Central Ohio mean more work for members

Project updates in Central Ohio mean more work for members

Posted by / June 1, 2024 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , / 0 Comments

Microsoft recently confirmed to NBC4 that construction has begun on its datacenter campus in Licking County. 

Last year, Microsoft purchased 227 acres in Heath for over $32 million, bringing the software developer’s total land owned in Licking County to over 700 acres. 

Despite not being constructed under any kind of agreement, Executive Secretary-Treasurer for the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Dorsey Hager estimates the project will create between 600 and 800 jobs for union construction workers, which includes members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24.   Continue reading →

Intel granted billions from CHIPS Act

Intel granted billions from CHIPS Act

Posted by / April 21, 2024 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded $8.5 billion in direct funding to Intel for commercial semiconductor projects under the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act.

The New Albany Intel project is the largest private project in the history of Ohio. The job will be done under a National Construction Agreement and will create over 7,000 union construction jobs for Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 and other building trades unions. Continue reading →

LG/Honda electric vehicle battery plant reaches major project milestone

LG/Honda electric vehicle battery plant reaches major project milestone

Posted by / March 10, 2024 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , / 0 Comments

On Feb. 28, the LG/Honda electric vehicle battery plant in Fayette County held a topping-out ceremony when the final steel beam was put in place.

The joint venture reached this milestone as they prepared to hire the 2,200 workers needed to operate the plant. 

This project will create thousands of construction jobs and permanent jobs. All the trades, including Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 will be working on the project.  Continue reading →

Local 24 members join other trades to picket for CBA on Columbus Airport Project

Local 24 members join other trades to picket for CBA on Columbus Airport Project

Posted by / March 1, 2024 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , / 0 Comments

Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 and other Columbus building trades held an informational picket on Feb. 27 at John Glenn International Airport.

The picket was organized after the Columbus Regional Airport Authority Board (CRAA) rejected signing a Community Benefits Agreement on the $2 billion terminal project. 

The goal of the picket was to raise community and worker awareness of the CRAA’s rejection of a CBA and the consequences not having an agreement will have on the Central Ohio community. Continue reading →

SMW 24 Business Agent discussed previous MMA career on AWF Podcast

SMW 24 Business Agent discussed previous MMA career on AWF Podcast

Posted by / February 17, 2024 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , / 0 Comments

Josh Williams, Business Agent for Sheet Metal Workers Local 24, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed his previous career as a mixed martial arts fighter and how that career helped him transition to a career in the building trades. 

After being a student-athlete at The Ohio State University, Williams began MMA fighting and was involved in the sport for nearly five years. Continue reading →

SMW Local 24, other trades, request CBA on $2 billion airport project

SMW Local 24, other trades, request CBA on $2 billion airport project

Posted by / October 25, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , , , / 0 Comments

Members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 were among a group of Central Ohio building trades members who requested a Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) be signed for the $2 billion expansion of John Glenn International Airport in Columbus.

At the SMW Local 24 Union Hall in Columbus, affiliated members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council held a press conference to urge the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) to enter into a CBA on this project and ensure local dollars go to local workers. They also want all workers on the job to earn the Prevailing Wage. Continue reading →

Ohio to simplify state building codes for 2024

Ohio to simplify state building codes for 2024

Posted by / October 9, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

The Ohio Board of Building Standards (BBS) recently adopted the 2024 Ohio Building (OBC), Mechanical (OMC), and Plumbing Codes (OPC) rules. State leaders announced this will make it easier for businesses to comply with the various codes.

These changes are important for members of the building trades, including the members of Sheet Metal Workers 24 and their signatory contractors.

The building code changes included the removal of repetitive and unnecessary language and decreased the number of words in the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) by over 610,000 words.  Continue reading →

Intel Project deadline pushed back

Intel Project deadline pushed back

Posted by / October 2, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , , , / 0 Comments

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced that the project timeline to produce microchips in Ohio has been pushed back.

While speaking to analysts at a conference in late August, Gelsinger said the company will shift its focus to a two-fab expansion in Chandler, Ariz. 

Intel promises that the work in Ohio will still happen. The New Albany Intel site is officially the largest construction project in the history of Ohio.  Continue reading →

Google to invest $1.7 billion into datacenter presence in central Ohio

Google to invest $1.7 billion into datacenter presence in central Ohio

Posted by / August 9, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

Google announced it will invest an additional $1.7 billion in the construction of its three datacenter campuses in Central Ohio. 

While at its New Albany datacenter on Aug. 8, Google officials also announced its commitment to spending a total of $3.7 billion in central Ohio. 

The additional $1.7 billion will be used to complete the Columbus and Lancaster datacenters and expand the New Albany facility, according to Mark Isakowitz, Google Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy.  Continue reading →

Hollywood Casino Columbus hotel will be done under a CBA

Hollywood Casino Columbus hotel will be done under a CBA

Posted by / July 20, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , , , / 0 Comments

A new hotel adjacent to the Hollywood Casino Columbus will be constructed by affiliated members of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council under a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA). 

Penn Entertainment, the owner of Hollywood Casino Columbus signed a CBA for the project, on July 20.

The CBA requires at least 20 percent of the project’s manhours to be performed by Columbus or Franklin County residents. Continue reading →

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