Painters District Council 58 Celebrates 135 Years

At the beginning of the month, the Painters District Council 58 celebrated 135 years of the International Union of the Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), which was originally formed in 1887...

UK Paint Manufacturer Workers on Strike

Roughly 80 members of the Unite union at Imperial Chemical in Stowmarket, Suffolk, went on strike late last month regarding a new pay offer.

Congress Votes to Avert Rail Strike

As of yesterday (Dec. 1), Congress approved legislation to prevent an impending rail strike, taking up a measure to impose a labor agreement to increase worker pay and provide additional pai...

Artwork and Politics Make for Volatile Mixture in Maine Mural Flap

by Harold Hower

Murals are considered one genre of decorative painting, so we thought it would be int...

A union in New York recently launched a training program to recruit people into what type of painting?

A new contract between the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri, and The Builders’ Association included a wage increase of what percentage for members?

Construction is set to resume on the long-delayed Purple Line Light Rail Transit Project in Maryland later this month. Do you think the project will face any more lengthy setbacks as it continues?

The Iron Workers union recently announced the introduction of a paid maternity-leave benefit for its members. Should more employers in the American construction and infrastructure industries follow suit?

Coatings Industry Forecast

from JPCL, January 2016

From the downturn in the oil and gas industry to new technology and a need for more t...

DC 21 CAS Forum & ADI CAS Trailer Demo

May 5, 2022

Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on concrete coatings and maintenance.