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Build Central OH The Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council represents 18,000 workers from 21 affiliated Local Unions and District Councils.

The Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council was established on June 1, 1961, and since then has provided over 50 years of skilled union craftsmanship to the greater Columbus area. Today, they represent more than 18,000 workers from 21 affiliated Local unions and District Councils. The organization works to harmoniously promote the region’s construction trades, to protect the

interest of the union construction industry and to advocate for a healthy labor-management relationship between employers and employees in the building and construction industry. The Council believes in providing its members with strong leadership, negotiating skills and a powerful political voice that is taken to the bargaining table to provide the construction industry with solid representation and labor agreements to preserve measures such as Prevailing Wage, Project Labor Agreements and other issues. The Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council is headed by Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager and seven other Executive Board members.

06/17/2026

🎰 Columbus just got a major upgrade to its entertainment scene as PENN Entertainment officially opened a brand new $100 million, 203-room hotel tower at Hollywood Casino Columbus, complete with luxury suites, a new restaurant, and a speakeasy bar on the way.

The 150,000-square-foot tower features 183 standard rooms and 20 luxury suites, along with The Hill Eatery & Lounge, conference facilities, a fitness center, and an outdoor seating terrace. The expansion is expected to create roughly 150 new jobs at the property. PENN also announced that an expanded high-limit table games room and a speakeasy bar are coming to the casino in the third quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approvals. The hotel is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties, the real estate trust that bankrolled the $100 million project 🎲.

The grand opening was a spectacle. Festivities included a processional led by The Ohio State University Alumni Band, a live concert by rock star Bret Michaels, a fireworks show, and a giveaway offering guests a chance to win a 2026 Indian Motorcycle. This Columbus tower is the third of four PENN development projects completed in under a year, following a new land-based casino in Joliet, Illinois and a hotel tower at the M Resort in Las Vegas in 2025. PENN plans to open Hollywood Casino Aurora in Illinois on June 24, with a fourth project in Council Bluffs, Iowa expected by 2028.

Will you be booking a stay at the new Columbus hotel? 👇

06/11/2026

Local leaders and building trades representatives told Ohio lawmakers that data centers boost tax revenue and construction jobs and urged them to add guardrails — not a moratorium or elimination of the sales tax exemption — as state Sen. Brian Chavez, R-Marietta, said legislation could move through committee within days. Read more: https://s.tiffinohio.net/4kBkSmg

06/09/2026

Ohio has turned a tax break into a digital infrastructure growth engine that more than pays for itself.

06/09/2026

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As state lawmakers consider potential data center legislation, members of the Joint Data Center Committee heard testimony Monday on how much those facilities actually …

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06/01/2026

Columbus/Central Ohio Construction Trades Council’s Dorsey Hager discusses the employment benefits deriving from data center boom on ‘The Bottom Line.’

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