Softball Is a Big Hit

Softball Is a Big Hit

by LA/OC Building Trades

The 19th annual Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Softball Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 5 featured a record 24 teams from all sectors of the Building Trades in LA and Orange Counties, along with San Bernardino and Riverside.

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Join Unions On Labor Day!

Join Unions On Labor Day!

by LA/OC Building Trades

WILMINGTON, Calif.—The Building Trades will join thousands of union members for a fun and festive Labor Day event on Monday, Sept. 4: the 44th annual Labor Day Parade, picnic and rally. Each year, Building Trades unions march with banners, floats and family members out in force in this Los Angeles neighborhood near the Port of […]

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Building Trades Win Major Housing Measure

Building Trades Win Major Housing Measure

by LA/OC Building Trades

A union-led, powerhouse grassroots campaign, years in the making, scored a big win with Los Angeles voters in the Nov. 8 election, offering a reconfiguration of the vexing challenge of affordable housing and homelessness prevention at an unprecedented scale. The United to House LA measure—a transfer tax on property sales over $5 million in the […]

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Building Trades Election Endorsements

Building Trades Election Endorsements

by LA/OC Building Trades

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council is proud to release these endorsements for the Nov. election. “This is the biggest slate of endorsements we have ever made,” says Chris Hannan, Council Executive Secretary. “These candidates are the unanimous choice of our local unions. They are pro-jobs and pro-union, and they will […]

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Building Trades Support Major Housing Measure

Building Trades Support Major Housing Measure

by LA/OC Building Trades

A game-changing housing measure on the Los Angeles city ballot is on the way to success. A coalition of community groups and unions, including the Building Trades, is spearheading the measure, called United to House LA. On May 2, the coalition turned in to the LA City Clerk about 30 percent more signatures than needed […]

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