Construction trades route
Micron’s build needs almost every trade. The labor deal covers the construction phase.
4,500Peak builders
80%Local labor target
Jan 16Groundbreaking, 2026
What is reported
- Micron broke ground on January 16, 2026. It signed a project labor agreement with the Central and Northern New York building trades, which the US Labor Secretary reportedly called the largest in US history.
- Peak construction headcount is reported as above 4,500 on average, with a county official expecting 3,000 to 4,000 on site in 2027.
- The trades named are electricians, ironworkers, pipefitters, carpenters, operating engineers, laborers and sheet metal workers. IBEW Local 43 and Iron Workers Local 60 are named as active.
- Micron has targeted 80% local labor for the first phase.
Getting in
CenterState CEO’s Pathways to Apprenticeship is an 11-week program for Syracuse residents (see the jobs guide).
Not confirmed: a 2024-era report said Micron had not negotiated unionizing permanent plant jobs. We found no newer update. How an applicant gets onto a local union’s job call is not covered here.