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From the Building Trades to CISCO Leadership: Dan Allen Honored as IALC’s 2025 Man of the Year
From the Building Trades to CISCO Leadership: Dan Allen Honored as IALC’s 2025 Man of the Year September 17, 2025 IALC 2025 Annual Dinner Dance Honoring Man of the Year CISCO Executive Director Dan Allen Saturday, October 11, 2025 Drury Lane 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL For ticket sales, contact: Michael Somone: 312-907-0039 Joe…
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St. Paul Ministries and Chicago Painters Union District Council 14 Celebrates Five New Pre-Apprenticeship Program Graduates and Job Placement Partnerships
St. Paul Ministries and Chicago Painters Union District Council 14 Celebrates Five New Pre-Apprenticeship Program Graduates and Job Placement Partnerships Aug. 15, 2025 More than 270 apprentices have now graduated from the St. Paul Painters Pre-Apprenticeship Program as new cohort kicks off CHICAGO – The St. Paul Painters Pre-Apprenticeship Program, a partnership between St. Paul…
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Getting to Know Rosecrance’s Riley Jones III
Getting to Know Rosecrance’s Riley Jones III July 28, 2025 BURR RIDGE – Riley Jones III serves as a peer support advocate for the Rosecrance Resilience program, offered by Rosecrance Therapies. This program provides critical support for individuals in high-risk, high-stress professions, such as those in the construction industry, who may be struggling with mental…
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Pathway to the Trades: CISCO’s Trades Fair is Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce
Pathway to the Trades: CISCO’s Trades Fair is Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce June 17, 2025 BURR RIDGE – Francisco Conde was unable to make CISCO’s first and second Union Construction Trades Fair, and he barely made it last year. He came at the end, when the majority of vendors were packing up to leave, but it…
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Register for CISCO’s 4th Annual Union Construction Trades Fair
Register for CISCO’s 4th Annual Union Construction Trades Fair March 11, 2025 Register NOW and join various Chicagoland Union construction trades in CISCO’s 4th Annual Union Construction Trades Fair. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 11, 2025 IBEW Local 134 2722 S. Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago This Hands-on Trades Fair is sponsored by…
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While Work Truck Thefts Surge, Justice Seems to Stall
While Work Truck Thefts Surge, Justice Seems to Stall July 1, 2025 BURR RIDGE – For plumbing contractors across the Chicago region, the job no longer ends with installing piping, wiring, or sewer lines. Increasingly, their days include filing police reports, reviewing surveillance footage, and pleading with insurance companies — all while trying to reassure…