Press Releases

by LA/OC Building Trades

This issue is greater than just immigration policy. It is about one of the fundamental Constitutional Rights that define what America is all about. We are talking about Due Process.

by LA/OC Building Trades

By a 14-1 vote, the Los Angeles City Council on April 9 approved a continuing effort to make over the LA Convention Center.

by LA/OC Building Trades

The attack by DOT Secretary Duffy Feb. 20 on California High Speed Rail is another example of the Trump Administration’s autocratic, vengeful and unilateral approach to scare and divide the American people, says Council Executive Secretary Ernesto Medrano

by LA/OC Building Trades

With almost 2 million “Yes” votes cast so far, the Measure A campaign today declared victory and celebrated the increased access to mental health and addiction treatment, housing affordability, and emergency services to prevent homelessness that the measure will deliver across Los Angeles County.

by LA/OC Building Trades

The closure of the Phillips 66 refineries in Carson and Wilmington will directly affect Building Trades jobs. Our skilled and trained members are the majority of the refinery workforce.

by LA/OC Building Trades

North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), representing over 3 million union construction professionals, issued the following statement from its President Sean McGarvey

by LA/OC Building Trades

Reflecting the priorities of thousands of union members who call north LA County home, the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council has endorsed candidates for crucial seats in Santa Clarita, Palmdale and Lancaster in the Nov. 5 election.

by LA/OC Building Trades

No president has put America first more than the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden. As we said in our endorsement, North America’s Building Trades Unions can honestly say no elected official has shown our members and their families more respect than President Joe Biden.

by LA/OC Building Trades

With the Nov. 5 election just four months away, the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council has made several important new endorsements of candidates.

by LA/OC Building Trades

The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council shared a co-written letter of support with the Los Angeles City Council to encourage action on the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion Project.

by LA/OC Building Trades

The California Supreme Court released an opinion on Thursday morning, ordering the Secretary of State to “refrain from taking any steps” that would place the Taxpayer Deception Act on the November ballot. Simply put: the state Supreme Court said a clear-as-crystal NO on the Taxpayer Deception Act.

by LA/OC Building Trades

At their annual national legislative conference, in front of thousands of building trades members from across the country, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) will announce its formal endorsement of Joe Biden for President and Kamala Harris for Vice President of the United States.