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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 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 →
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 →
The second-largest construction project in Ohio’s history will break ground in late February.
As previously reported on the Sheet Metal Workers Local 24 website, Honda and LG signed a Project Labor Agreement with the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council to construct their joint venture electrical vehicle (EV) battery plant on 454 acres in Jeffersonville, a small town in Fayette County, Ohio.
The project will create at least 5,300 jobs for members of the building trades, including about 200 jobs for members of SMW 24, and roughly 2,200 full-time permanent jobs.
Site preparation began on Nov. 14 at the Mid-West Mega Commerce Center, and the groundbreaking, which will ceremonially kick off the $3.7 billion project, is scheduled for Feb. 28. Continue reading →