New Journey Laborers Enter Southern California’s Construction Industry 508 Apprentices Graduate in 2020 AZUSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Laborers’ Training and Retraining Trust of Southern California (Laborers Training School) celebrated the advancement of 508 apprentices to LIUNA journeymen and journeywomen status during a virtual 2020 Apprenticeship Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, January 23, 2021. You can watch it here…. Read more »
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Plaster Tenders Improve Southern California’s Construction Industry
Plaster Tender Apprentices Earn Journeyperson Status November 17, 2020 POMONA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The wall and ceiling market in Southern California’s construction industry keeps progressing thanks to the Southern California Plaster Tenders Joint Apprenticeship Committee. At a graduation ceremony on Sunday, October 25th, 28 people earned their journeyman credentials after completing the Southern California Plaster Tenders Apprenticeship… Read more »
Pre-Apprenticeship Programs Provide Head Start to Future Laborers
Katherine “Kat” Norve had a comfortable job working as an executive assistant at a public relations firm, but office life just was not the right fit. “I had a nice office window at the PR firm but always felt like I wanted to be outside,” Norve says. “I made good money back then, but not… Read more »
The Land of Second Chances
It is a particularly hot summer day when we met Heather for the first time. However, the heat didn’t damper Heather’s enthusiasm for her job as she showed us around the site. Heather is working as a company safety representative at a water treatment project that is currently under construction. After working in the field… Read more »
The Road to Quality Service is Never-ending
The Road to Quality Service is Never-ending A passion for training and a high-quality workforce is what drives the Laborers Training School in Azusa, California. It is evident in all the students, instructors and management who are involved with the program. In existence since 1969, the school has continued to grow and evolve through the… Read more »
Northern California Laborers Training
Northern California Laborers Training Looking Toward the Future As the sun rises over the hills of San Ramon at 6:30 a.m., members of Laborers’ Training Center of Northern California are already hard at work. Their job? Ensuring the next generation of Laborers have the skills they need to provide the quality workmanship that is a… Read more »
Seven Things You Need to Know About the Laborers’ Training Programs
Seven Things You Need to Know About the Laborers’ Training Programs Skilled and trained laborers make all the difference on a job site, find out why Who you hire makes all the difference on construction and infrastructure projects. An underprepared workforce can result in errors that cost contractors time and money, or worse in injuries… Read more »
Northern California Laborers Graduate 655 New Journeypersons
Northern California Laborers Graduate 655 New Journeypersons A Record Number Complete Their Apprenticeship in 2017 March 6, 2018 SAN RAMON, Calif. (Business Wire) – The Laborers’ Apprenticeship Program of the Laborers’ Training and Retraining Trust Fund of Northern California is a major contributor to California’s flourishing construction workforce. In 2017, 655 apprentices completed a Laborers’… Read more »
The Laborers’ School Graduates 617 New Journeypersons
Azusa, Calif. – (Business Wire) – The Laborers’ Training and Retraining Trust of Southern California celebrated the graduation of 617 apprentices to journeymen and journeywomen status on Saturday, January 20th. “These new journeypersons should be very proud of themselves. I know it wasn’t easy, but their efforts to graduate from their apprenticeship will pay off… Read more »
From drug addict to business owner – how unions change lives
Yvonne Miranda found herself in a bad spot in 1995. She was caught up in drug use and on one unfortunate day she was hit in the head with a hammer from behind. The impact nearly killed her. Though she survived, her life didn’t get any easier over the next decade as drugs had overcome… Read more »
