WednesdayAugust 20, 2025

Expo connects local unions with future talent

QC Skilled Trades Apprenticeship event held in Davenport
By: Dave Thompson|August 20, 2025
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    • Charles Earp, right,  a marketing representative with Local 91 Sheetmetal Workers, talks with participants Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Quad Cities Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Career Expo hosted by the LULAC Center in Davenport. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Kreg Warren of Davenport came to the Quad Cities Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Career Expo on Tuesday, Aug. 19, looking to start a new chapter in his life.

    He just became a father and was thinking about starting a career as a carpenter. But the more he looked around the career expo, the more information he got and he started considering other skilled trades paths.

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