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Ready for some short-track action? Catch Tyler Ankrum in the LIUNA No. 18 truck at Martinsville Speedway this Friday, November 1st! Tune in to FS1 at 6:00 PM ET to watch Tyler take on the paperclip as he battles it out for a spot in the championship four!    #FeelThePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

The LIUNA Fan Zone is OPEN at Homestead-Miami Speedway! Swing by to learn about LIUNA and discover how a future in the union could be your next big move. See you there! #FeelThePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

Top 5 finish for Tyler Ankrum at Homestead-Miami! Proud to see the No. 18 truck tearing it up out there! #FeelThePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

Tyler Ankrum, LIUNA member and driver of the No. 18 LIUNA truck, will be signing autographs at the Fan Zone from 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM today! Swing by, say hi, and explore how LIUNA can help you earn fair wages and find a strong career path! #FeelThePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

Revved up for race day! Don’t miss LIUNA’s own Tyler Ankrum behind the wheel of the No. 18 truck at Homestead-Miami Speedway this Saturday, October 26th, at 12 PM ET on FS1. Tune in, cheer loud, and show your union pride as Tyler hits the track! 🧡👊 #FeelThePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

Tyler Ankrum is hanging out in the LIUNA Fan Zone today until 12 PM. Come by, grab an autograph, snap a pic, and say hi! find out how LIUNA can help you build your future! #FeelThePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

The Fan Zone is officially OPEN! Join us today, Saturday, October 5th, from 12-2 PM, Tyler Ankrum will be signing autographs! Stop by, meet Tyler, and learn about the incredible career opportunities with LIUNA that help build North America from the ground up. 💪 #FeelThePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

In the final stretch, Tyler Ankrum was running 4th, but a wreck at the finish line bumped him to 14th. He had a strong showing, and we’re proud of the race he ran. He’ll be back in the saddle in a couple of weeks at Homestead-Miami, where he hopes to make up ground in his fight for the championship! #FeelThePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

All eyes on Talladega Superspeedway as Tyler Ankrum takes the LIUNA No. 18 Chevy into round 4 of the Truck Series Playoffs! It’s going to be a wild ride. Tune in LIVE on FS1 this Friday, October 4th to see Tyler and the LIUNA team go for the win! #FeelthePower #LIUNARacing #YourWorkforceSolution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Largest Union of Construction Laborers Announces Maternity Leave Benefit to Attract More Women to Construction Industry, Meet Their Needs “So you don’t have to choose between being a mother and being a laborer.” New Orleans, La. (Sept. 28, 2024) — The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) announced at the Trades Women Build Nations conference today that it will implement the most expansive maternity leave policy in the unionized construction industry. The annual conference, focusing on initiatives to meet challenges facing women in construction, attracted more than 5,000 participants, including more than 600 LIUNA members from 33 states. “So you don’t have to choose between being a mother or being a laborer … your union will now pay you $800 a week for at least 12 weeks,” General President Brent Booker told attendees, referring to LIUNA members. “We’re looking to the future and we want all members, including female members, to know that we value them, we value their families, we value their children.” Booker said the leave policy, to be implemented Jan. 1, 2025, is “an effort to bring more women into LIUNA and better the lives of the ones we already have.” With more than more than a half-million members, LIUNA is among the largest and most aggressive construction trades unions in North America. Women in the union perform the same work as their male counterparts, including asbestos remediation, building and highway construction, and construction of energy infrastructure. Their union contracts ensure that they receive the same pay and benefits as their male co-workers. “We all have unique stories of what brought us to our union homes,” Booker told the conference. “Some are stories of chance encounters, inspirational stories of escaping domestic violence, heroic stories of being the first woman on a construction job, opening a door to the future that will never be closed again.” Booker also told the gathering that LIUNA is proud to be an activist union fighting to elect the Harris-Walz presidential ticket. “Know anyone working on a highway? A bridge? A tunnel? A hospital? A school? A transit system? That’s because the Biden-Harris Administration [passed] the largest infrastructure bill we’ve ever had in this country … which means there are hundreds of thousands of women like you who will have the opportunity to have a rewarding career in the trades,” Booker said. Just in his second year leading LIUNA, Booker has launched several other initiatives: the March to a Million to nearly double membership, Laborers Rising to further strengthen member activism, community involvement, and to ensure that every laborer has family-supporting pay, respect, and a safe jobsite.