9/1/08 - Rob Winchester, President/CEO, wrote a letter to the editor of the Springfield Journal-Register regarding the importance of paying tribute to the skilled workers of the nation as well as focusing on "Card Check" and "Employee Free Choice Act". Click
here to see the full letter.
8/21/08 - ABC Illinois is heavily involved with a complaint filed by the Quincy School Board against the Illinois Department of Labor regarding determination of prevailing wage in Adams County. Click
here for the full story.
7/18/08 - Key Builders Construction, Inc. receives National Safety Award from Associated Builders & Contractors. The award was presented to Key Builders President Tim Harris by Associated Builders and Contractors - Illinois President/CEO Rob Winchester, at the Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Before Business function. Click
here to read the full story.
7/1/08 - Rob Winchester, President/CEO, was contacted by the Illinois Times Newspaper in Springfield IL regarding an article on the ordinance in Springfield that tacks on an apprenticeship requirement to development projects that receive $500,000 or more in city, state, or federal funds. Click
here to read the full story.
6/6/08 - Rob Winchester, President/CEO was quoted in the Springfield Journal-Register regarding the ordinance within the City of Springfield that would require an apprenticeship requirement on all development projects that receive $500,000 or more in city, state, or federal funded projects. Click
here for the full story.
5/10/08 - Rob Winchester, President/CEO, wrote a letter to the editor of the Springfield Journal-Register regarding the Structural Work Act. Click
here to see the full letter.
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