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WHMI 93.5 FM September 29, 2017 Public Gets Look At Training Facility For First Responders In Howell A training center in Howell was opened to the public this week to help prepare first responders for emergency situations. Operating Engineers 324 and their Michigan Urban Search & Rescue, or MUSAR, partners All Posts, News Article

Operating Engineers Aid In Hurricane Irma Disaster Relief Operating Engineers 324 a key part of Michigan’s premier 45-person disaster relief crew (HOLLY, Mich.) –– Members of Operating Engineers 324 departed Sunday for Florida as a part of the Michigan Task Force 1 crew, which will aid in disaster relief efforts All Posts, Press Release

Gov. Snyder Appoints Operating Engineers 324’s Lee Graham to Talent Investment Board Graham Will Represent Organized Labor on Workforce Panel DETROIT –– Today, Operating Engineers 324 praised Gov. Rick Snyder for appointing Labor-Management Education Committee Executive Director Lee Graham to a three-year term on the Governor’s Talent Investment Board. The All Posts, Press Release

DETROIT METRO TIMES We live in a post-vocational education world. The problem? That same world still needs skilled trades workers. In fact, in a 2015 report on employment and occupations in skilled trades released by the state of Michigan, researchers estimate that by 2022 skilled trades jobs will grow by All Posts, News Article

Detroit Career Readiness Program Graduates First High School Class Detroit High Schoolers Are on Track for Good-Paying Careers after Completing 16-Week Apprenticeship Program DETROIT –– The first class of Detroit high schoolers have graduated from the Workforce of the Future & Career Readiness Coalition program. A graduation ceremony and dinner All Posts, Press Release

Operating engineers facility opens in Delta County By Nicole Walton GLADSTONE, MI– Operating Engineers Local 324 has opened a new, 11,000-square-foot training facility in Gladstone. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 5.5-acre facility for workers such as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers was held Friday. Officials say the All Posts, News Article

Gladstone welcomes new training facility HALEY GUSTAFSON Staff Writer hgustafson@dailypress.net GLADSTONE — A state of the art training facility for operating engineers opened in Gladstone Friday, with local dignitaries and representatives from the Operating Engineers 324 (OE324) performing a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour of the building to commemorate the occasion. All Posts, News Article

Detroit is a city on the move. There’s a reason people across the country are talking about Detroit’s comeback. New restaurants, entertainment venues and housing complexes are opening all the time. Detroit is truly the place to be. But we know all the progress in the world means nothing if All Posts, News Article

Helmets to Hardhats connects veterans to construction trades This summer, Michigan lawmakers stood up for our veterans looking for work when they approved funding for a statewide program that helps our service men and women find jobs in the building trades. The recently bolstered Helmets to Hardhats program is an All Posts, News Article

Belle Tire and Operating Engineers 324 Team Up to offer discount to members in good standing!       All Posts, Announcement

Senate Republicans on Thursday, July 13, 2017 unveiled a new proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.   Today, Flint-area Congressman Dan Kildee and Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Joe Crowley made stops in both Howell and Flint to discuss that bill, and if passed, how it All Posts, News Article

  SALEM (WWJ) – A couple dozen picketers grabbed signs and marched outside the Arbor Hills Landfill on Napier Road in Washtenaw County to demonstrate their solidarity and to ask for better wages.   Tom Scott, spokesperson for Operating Engineers Local 324, said they want better wages from the company All Posts, News Article