John F. Kennedy High School students have a new opportunity to prepare for a career in construction. – EASRCC “The announcement we’re making today is not just about building buildings or houses. It’s ...

The Central Midwest Carpenters Union Warsaw training center has graduated 45 apprentices this year and a $15 million facility ...

As a carpenter and business owner in Chicago with years of experience under his tool belt, Melvin Henley said he sees a need for more skilled trade workers, especially in minority communities. Now, he ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "I would have never thought I was going to be a carpenter," said 19-year-old Saulih Khalifah. "I played basketball in high school. I went to college for basketball ...

Wilmer S. Webster, who trained hundreds of area carpenters and was a 50-year member of Carpenters Local No. 101, died Friday at home of cancer. He was 77 and had lived since 1948 in the house he built ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "For me being a young woman, I just think it was unheard of," said Layla Bibi. "But somewhere along the way, I was going to find my way in and be working in ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Students got a chance to experience what it's like to be a carpenter at an open house. The "Day at the Shop" program is a training program being held at the recently expanded North ...

Liberty Science Center master carpenter Angel Merced cuts boards for an exhibition in Jersey City on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Andrew Miller | The Jersey Journal Forty female and minority residents of ...