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Toolbox Tuesday: Inequality rising

California Construction Academy — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:45:47 +0000

Why are middle class construction jobs so important to the economy? This graphic maps wealth and income distribution from 1962 to 2010. The picture it paints is stark. During this time period, the richest have become richer and the poorest . . . Read More

Housing Market Boon?

California Construction Academy — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:15:46 +0000

Huffington Post Live, November 28, 2012

Partnerships Director Uyen Le appeared on Huffington Post Live to discuss new housing market numbers. Watch the show.

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Numbers out today show that the U.S. housing market grew less in October than . . . Read More

Toolbox Tuesday: U.S. Housing Starts Rise

California Construction Academy — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:46:14 +0000

Last week several sources released reports about the increase in housing market numbers. Housing is one of the first signs that the construction market overall is coming back, and with that the expectation is that commercial, industrial and other sectors . . . Read More

Toolbox Tuesday: A Greener Future for Business

California Construction Academy — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:26:11 +0000

McGraw Hill just released a study showing that green building is accelerating globally despite the economic downturn.

Top findings from the study include:

Green building has become a long-term business opportunity with 51% percent of study firms planning more than

7 Things to Be Thankful For at Work

California Construction Academy — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:59:08 +0000

With Thanksgiving on Thursday, here are some reasons to be thankful at work. It may sometimes be easy to take these workplace rights for granted, but they are the result of years of work by community and labor leaders.

Let’s . . . Read More

Voters Strike Down Charter City Initiatives, Yet More Loom On the Horizon

California Construction Academy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:35:47 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 19, 2012

Contact: Stefanie Ritoper, sritoper@ucla.edu, 213-375-4841

California –On November 6, voters in Costa Mesa, Escondido, and Grover Beach decided on ballot measures to convert their cities from general law cities to charter cities. This . . . Read More

Toolbox Tuesday: Prop 39 Passes!

California Construction Academy — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:04:35 +0000

Every Tuesday the Construction Academy posts a graphic, chart or other resource to demystify the construction industry. To receive updates, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

Prop 39 Means More Green Construction

Last week, California voters . . . Read More

Eliminating Middle Class Jobs in the Shadow of the Election

California Construction Academy — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:33:26 +0000

Daniel Villao, Huffington Post, November 5, 2012

Huffington Post featured Daniel Villao, Statewide Director of the California Construction Academy. Under the cover of the presidential and state ballot races, a construction lobby group is quietly working to change the . . . Read More

Toolbox Tuesday: What’s driving California’s clean energy economy?

California Construction Academy — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:01:10 +0000

Every Tuesday the Construction Academy posts a graphic, chart or other resource to demystify the construction industry. To receive updates, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

What’s driving California’s clean energy economy?

This year was the . . . Read More

Three Generations: From the Fields to Construction to UCLA

California Construction Academy — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:27:06 +0000

MIT’s CoLab Radio blog featured Paul Garcia, who talks about the three generations of his family, from the fields to construction to UCLA. Paul’s father is a laborer with Laborers Union Local 652.

“It’s been a generational struggle, from . . . Read More