Iron Workers Local 44 Business Manager Dave Baker discusses the Brent Spence Bridge companion project finally breaking ground this week after decades of funding gridlock, crediting a bipartisan Senate push and cross-aisle governor cooperation for getting it done. He describes what 6 million building trades work hours, 1,200 peak construction jobs and a more-than-doubled apprenticeship applicant pool mean for Local 44 and the Cincinnati trades community — and shares his own journey from non-union metal building work to a union career that has his retirement fully prepared.