Eighty percent of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to the results of an ...

National contractors came out with a recent survey that most construction companies are having a hard time finding craft workers and called on the federal government to invest in workforce development ...

More contractors are offering signing bonuses to attract trades and help fill needed slots, particularly in areas where shortages are acute. Recruitment bonuses are no longer solely the domain of ...

The number of Americans in construction may have jumped by 52,000 jobs in January, but the industry is still feeling the pressure when it comes to a subset of its workers: craft laborers, the trained ...