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Crumbling infrastructure, collapsing integrity

It’s a sorrowful season of American anniversaries.  The beginning of the month was a time to reflect on the devastation of the Katrina disaster in New Orleans.  Now, we’ll remember 9/11/01.  August 1,...

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Foreclosing on the American Dream-edited

The current "mortgage meltdown" represents a triple whammy or a "perfect storm" for construction workers. Workers who build homes are facing mass layoffs as demand plummets for new homes. In August,...

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Construction jobs loss ripples across economy-edit

The mortgage meltdown is more like a tsunami than a ripple, reverberating across multiple sectors of the economy. Wall Street has been on a wild ride this summer. Last week with its August employment...

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Hear from the Democratic candidates live now at LiUNA!

What are you doing right now?  What’s a good use of your time this Monday morning? Check out what the Democratic Presidential candidates are saying at LiUNALive.org to the half-million members of one...

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Fight Back for Good Jobs Rally at Netroots Nation!

LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – is inviting everyone attending Netroots Nation to join the men and women who build America at a Fight Back for Good Jobs Rally on Friday,...

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We won WWII, but can't fix a pothole?

Memorial Day is an American holiday to honor the sacrifice that has made our country great – but today we find ourselves with a Congress that can’t summon the will or courage to repair a pothole.

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The GOP's accomplishment: a job-killing highway bill

For quite some time now it’s been an obvious and wide-held belief that passing a new surface transportation bill is the best opportunity for job-creation available to our country – if we do it right,...

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LIUNA Stands With Occupy Wall Street

LIUNA just released a statement from General President Terry O'Sullivan announcing our support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Read the full statement after the jump!

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