Magnolia Tank Farm will be built into a mixed-use residential, commercial and open space project under a Project Labor Agreement with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council.
The “Affordable Housing, Homelessness Solutions and Prevention Now Measure,” it will generate hundreds of millions of dollars each year for union-built affordable housing, renter aid and services for homeless people.
Building Trades President Sean McGarvey said, “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.
It is with great humility that I want to express my appreciation to the body for electing me as the Executive Secretary of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council. At a time when the labor movement is in a transformational era with changes in leadership at various levels and within many institutions, we are […]
SANTA ANA—In a strong and exuberant show of support for Community Workforce Agreements and unions, the Santa Ana City Council June 6 voted unanimously to renew a CWA for the city with key elements advocated by the Building Trades. The seven-member council, after hearing Building Trades union members ask it to choose the option that would create […]
Medrano succeeds Chris Hannan, who resigned earlier in July in order to become President of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California.
There’s been a lot in the news lately about the crisis of California. The state is having a small population loss, after decades of growth. Aside from the numbers, people are saying California is tarnished. Too much homelessness, a lack of civil order on our streets and public transportation, and to top it off, a […]