Why Leaders In The Construction Industry Say Immigration Reform Could Solve Houston’s Workforce Woes
Over the past few decades, Chief Operating Officer for Marek Brothers Mike Holland has seen the construction industry change.
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Rational Middle to Screen Immigration Documentary in Austin
The filmmakers behind the award-winning Rational Middle documentary series on immigration will showcase their work and host a discussion on the issue at an event next week in Austin.
Gloria Palau: A MAREK Workforce Development Program Success Story
A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to visit the jobsite of the new Memorial Hermann patient care tower in the Texas Medical Center, where I spoke with two MAREK craft professionals who are both working on the project, and who both happen to be women. This is the second of those two interviews, in which I interviewed foreman Gloria Palau about her recent promotion and her career in construction.
Study: Immigrants Paid More Than $9 Billion in Federal Taxes, $3.5 Billion in State and Local Taxes in 2016 in Houston Alone
The following article was authored by Scott Braddock and originally published on Construction Citizen.
C3 Makes a Trip to Atlanta
The following article was authored by Construction Career Collaborative (C3) Executive Director Chuck Gremillion:
Opportunity Plus Initiative: A Success Story [VIDEO]
The following article was authored by Elizabeth McPherson and originally published on Construction Citizen.
Video: The Rational Middle on Visas for Skilled Workers
The United States’ program for high-skilled immigrant workers, H-1B visas, is a portion of the immigration picture that even President Donald Trump has said is necessary and should potentially be expanded. "We absolutely have to be able to keep the brain power in this country,” said then-candidate Trump in 2016 as he was in the hunt for the GOP nomination.
Finding the Rational Middle on DACA
As the new year gets underway, the filmmakers at The Rational Middle are digging into more aspects of immigration policy that have proven politically difficult if not impossible thus far.
Eligible for Employment
The following article was authored by Mark L. Johnson and originally published in AWCI's Construction Dimensions.Mike Holland on the Skilled Labor Shortage
In the October 2018 issue of Construction Dimensions, the national publication of the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry (AWCI), Mike Holland, COO of Houston-based MAREK and one of our authors, was quoted along with a group of national specialty contractors about the causes and possible solutions to the ongoing skilled labor shortages in the industry. The article, titled THE LABOR SHORTAGE: NUISANCE OR CATASTROPHE? was written by California-based Ulf Wolf who is the senior writer at Words & Images.
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