Record turnover highlights jobs market strength (Financial Times)
Turnover of recruitment companies rose to record levels during the 12 months to the end of March, emphasising the continuing strength of the jobs market, a study reports today. more.
Buoyed by strong sales, Construction Junction’s building out (BizJournals)
Construction Junction likes to say it’s saving the environment, one two-by-four at a time. Now, the Point Breeze nonprofit recycled building materials retailer is picking up the pace. more.
Construction Worker Saved From Accident
22 WSBT - (WSBT) A dramatic rescue at a construction site in Elkhart County on Friday. A construction worker was pinned at a business on County Road 20 when equipment fell on him. He was trapped between a forklift and part of a crane used to lift materials . more.
Worker Shocked When Backhoe Hits Wires
Hawaii Channel - HONOLULU — A Gas Co. employee was hospitalized after being shocked after the backhoe he was operating became entangled with wires, officials said. The 50-year-old man was working on a gas line in Maunalani Heights when it happened. The live wires . more.
Thieves swipe rig, equipment from local firm (Lancaster Online)
Thieves stole a tractor-trailer and heavy equipment from the B.R. Kreider firm in East Hempfield Township last weekend, and the total loss is close to $100,000, township police report. more.
Job growth slows, unemployment rate dips
WTHR - On the payrolls front, job cuts at factories, retailers and government tempered job gains in construction, education and health services, and elsewhere. In August employers added 188,000 jobs, a much stronger figure than the 128,000 reported last month more.
