Articles Tagged with ''labor shortage''

In the first phase, BlackRock’s Future Builders initiative will deploy $100 million in grant capital to nonprofit and workforce development partners across multiple states over the next five years, reaching 50,000 workers. 

FMI's Jay Bowman weighs in on how surging data center demand is reshaping labor, materials, and strategy across the commercial construction market, with a focus on impacts for the sheet metal and HVAC trades.

While U.S. workers are experiencing a stagnant job market with fewer job postings and positions that are harder to secure, well-compensated skilled trade job openings keep growing due to infrastructure and other projects vital to the economy.

Construction industry giants clash over Trump’s State of the Union, exposing deep divides between merit shop leaders and organized labor on jobs, wages, and the future of the workforce.

The bill directly supports ACCA’s 2025-26 policy priority to strengthen the HVACR workforce by making federal workforce development funds more accessible to contractors’ in-house training programs.

Dive into a comprehensive year-end wrap-up on the battle over project labor agreements (PLAs), as groups like Associated Builders and Contractors and Pacific Legal Foundation score new wins in the courtroom for non-union contractors bidding federal work.

Most HVAC shops are staring at a retirement cliff. One Georgia contractor refused to wait for résumés that never came — and today his average technician is just 26. 

Copeland’s Apprentice Day was developed to strengthen the future of the HVACR industry by fostering innovation and skills development.