by LA/OC Building Trades

Union approval in the United States is at its highest level in more than 50 years. A new Gallup poll says 68 percent of Americans approve of labor unions, and that’s the most since 71 percent in 1965. In the years between 1965 and 2021, our unions and our country have gone through many changes. […]

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We’re celebrating Labor Day, but doing it without a parade or a picnic. The annual events are canceled, along with union barbecues and get-togethers. The Labor Day parade in Wilmington, where many of our local affiliated unions march, has been a great show of strength. Thousands of union members carry banners and send a message: […]

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WESTMINSTER, CA—Local Building Trades members will have the opportunity to work on a major Midway City Sanitary District project, thanks to an agreement that could mean more union Trades jobs in the future. The district’s Board of Directors on April 20 unanimously approved a Community Workforce Agreement with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction […]

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WASHINGTON, DC—The Building Trades achieved important victories in the first eight months of the Biden Administration. A $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill has passed the Senate and another for $3.5 trillion may be coming. Those were major speaking points of Building Trades and government leaders at the 2021 Legislative Conference of North America’s Building Trades Unions […]

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SANTA MONICA—Plans to modernize the historic Fairmont Miramar hotel—a coveted oceanfront property at the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Ocean Ave. on the Santa Monica bluffs—are moving to Coastal Commission approvals after a greenlight from the city late in 2020. The proposal by developer Athens Group, with an estimated cost of $500 million, offers a […]

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Attorney and Building Trades advocate Jerry Neil Paul explains why he supports SB 447 in the California legislature, and why all Trades members should support it: California is one of only five states that allow victims’ pain and suffering damages to die with them. All too often, grossly negligent corporate defendants take advantage of this law, […]

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As we reflect on 2020, it was quite a year for Californians and the entire nation. We’ve faced an unimaginable pandemic that has changed just about every aspect of our day-to-day life, challenging Californians to adapt as we navigate the COVID-19 “new normal.” We have borne witness to many California businesses that have been and […]

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The Paul Law Firm has been representing the brothers and sisters of the Building Trades since the 1980s. They pride themselves on their relationship to labor and the track record of success for the men and women of the Trades. Over the past four decades, the Paul Law Firm has secured more than $3 billion in […]

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LOS ANGELES—A new tower is rising above a stretch of Vermont Avenue in Koreatown. The $200 million, 21-story building will house the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, and Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services. Due to open in 2021, the structure is being built under a Project Labor Agreement with the LA/Orange Counties […]

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WASHINGTON, DC—The next stimulus bill needs to target Infrastructure, pensions and health care, the Building Trades say. The US House has passed the HEROES Act, which is now waiting for Senate approval. With the country in upheaval over the issue of police killings and inequality, the economic damage of the Coronavirus pandemic is continuing as […]

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LONG BEACH—New construction at campuses within the Long Beach Unified School District will be handled for years to come by highly trained and skilled organized labor under a Community Workforce Agreement that was recently approved by the district’s Board of Education. The workforce agreement, which the five-member school board approved by unanimous vote on Jan. […]

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ANAHEIM—Building Trades union members and leaders joined forces at a special Anaheim City Council meeting Dec. 20, 2019 to support the sale of Angel Stadium and 133 adjacent acres to a company controlled by Angels Baseball owner Arte Moreno for $325 million. By a 4-2 vote, the council approved the sales agreement for the city […]