Michele Vincent

Microsoft is collaborating with North America's Building Trades Union to offer free AI courses tailored specifically for skilled trades, and it's available on LinkedIn:

Course overview - Microsoft Copilot Video Tutorial | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com This video describes what will be covered in the course.

🔧 What I’m Building (and Why)

Over the past few years, I’ve helped grow and manage several workforce communities across Facebook, including groups for traveling contractors, pipefitters, machine operators, and talent acquisition professionals.

Together, they represent different parts of the same reality:

America’s industrial workforce is changing.

• Skilled workers are becoming more mobile
• Projects are scaling faster than local labor markets
• Reshoring, infrastructure, energy, and defense investment are reshaping hiring

Traveling Contract Jobs exists to connect these pieces.

The goal isn’t just another job board or another group.

It’s to build an 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 that connects workers, recruiters, and companies where opportunity is moving across the country.

If you’re part of this industry, you’re already part of the story!

🚧 The Traveling Contract Jobs Job Board Is Coming

Across manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, and national security projects, one thing is becoming clear:

The workforce is no longer local.

Companies increasingly need skilled workers who are willing to go where the work is — and workers need a clearer way to find legitimate project-based opportunities nationwide.

That’s why we’re building the Traveling Contract Jobs Job Board.

This platform is being designed specifically for:
• Traveling skilled trades
• Per diem & project-based work
• Industrial and technical assignments across the U.S.

If you want early access when it launches, sign up here:

👉 https://travelingcontractjobs.com/job-board/

The UAW has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Stellantis if an agreement cannot be reached by September 14th.

To help automotive suppliers prepare for potential disruption, I spoke with Cathy Fisher from Quistem and Terry Onica from QAD about their Operational Restart Readiness Checklist to help suppliers prepare for a potential work stoppage at the Big Three Automakers.

Their 13-point checklist covers everything from contingency planning to workforce training and communication plans. With the amount of turnover happening across the automotive industry from the plant floor to leadership, it's important to make sure your employees are properly prepared.

Tune into this episode of The U.S. Manufacturing Workforce Podcast, download the Operational Restart Readiness Checklist, and dust off those Contingency Plans.

Tune in: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supplier-readiness-preparing-for-a-strike-at-the-big-three/id1618800126?i=1000626065806

‎U.S. Manufacturing Workforce: Supplier Readiness: Preparing for a Strike at the Big Three on Apple Podcasts ‎Show U.S. Manufacturing Workforce, Ep Supplier Readiness: Preparing for a Strike at the Big Three - Aug 29, 2023

🎙️ The United Auto Workers have opened contract negotiations with The Big Three Automakers: Stellantis, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors. In this episode of The U.S. Manufacturing Workforce Podcast I breakdown the details including:

⚙️ The 2019 UAW strike at 50 of GM's facilities
⚙️ Labor turmoil within the UAW + new President, Shawn Fain
⚙️ Union + automakers objectives for negotiations
⚙️ Possibility of a strike + potential impact on suppliers

With new union leadership, the industry transition to electric vehicles, the current state of the labor market, and economic uncertainty, some believe this is creating the perfect storm for negotiations.

🎧 Tune in below:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uaw-opens-contract-talks-with-stellantis-ford-gm/id1618800126?i=1000623039358

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3jGA1hOWaKzygQTcjbd8j5

Show Notes & Podcast Email Signup: https://www.madicorp.com/podcast/uaw-big-three-automakers

UAW Opens Contract Talks with Big Three Automakers: Stellantis, Ford, & GM UAW opens contract talks with Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors. Negotiations cover 150,000 union members and their CBAs expire on September 14th.