To help meet the industry’s persistent demand for heavy equipment operators, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers has gone virtual. Facing a bottleneck in getting apprentices ...

SAN BERNARDINO >> Bulldozers. Excavators. Backhoes. This wasn’t your typical classroom. The hum of the behemoth earth-moving vehicles enveloped the students here. As dust kicked up from the work, a ...

Luzerne County is trying to attract road and bridge heavy equipment operators by boosting the compensation, but some council members questioned if it will be enough. “We’re undermanned. That’s the ...

Last fall, Case Construction Equipment asked its dealers to help support a new initiative with Team Rubicon: train more volunteers to operate heavy equipment for its veteran-led humanitarian ...

In 2021, the construction industry reported the highest number of fatal work injuries in the private sector—many of which resulted from preventable accidents. The key to preventing these accidents is ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- The union representing heavy equipment operators has called a strike against the General Building Contractors Association. Members of Operating Engineers Local 542 were told to go ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Leaders with the union representing heavy equipment operators are among the biggest advocates of getting an infrastructure deal done in Washington D.C. “Growth comes to the economy ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — The Flathead Valley Community College received a $5,000 grant to support the college's Heavy Equipment Operator program. The grant was funded through the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund, ...

Women across the world continue to break barriers in male-dominated professions, and 25-year-old Rebecca Ahafianyo is no exception. Driven by passion and curiosity, she took it upon herself to learn ...