Apprentice Training in Kentucky: A Comparison of Union and Non-Union Programs in the Building TradesWilliam J. Londrigan and Joseph B. Wise, III, Prepared for Building Trades Apprenticeship Coordinators/Directors Association of Kentucky, Inc., and Greater Louisville Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, March 1997.
...It is generally acknowledged that many aspects of the construction industry, including apprentice training, are divided according to the labor relations policies of individual employers - whether they are "union" or non-union." By comparing union and non-union building trades apprenticeship programs in Kentucky over a nine-year period, we have endeavored to determine which sector was most effective at supplying skilled journeymen to the construction industry... Download: full_text_apprenticeship_training_in_kentucky.pdf Back to PLAs/Union Labor Articles |