Building Trades

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Today, the Los Angeles and Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council is pleased to see that a federal judge has ordered the immediate release of Brother Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention. Brother Abrego Garcia, who is a first-year apprentice of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers, was deported […]

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Los Angeles, CA – The LA/OC Building & Construction Trades Council, which represents 48 local unions and over 160,000 skilled workers across Southern California, yesterday reached an agreement with the Culver City Unified School District on a new Community Workforce Agreement. CWA’s are designed to prevent waste, maximize public benefits, and deliver measurable advantages to […]

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When Kaiser Permanente started in 1945, its mission was to serve blue-collar workers and their families with reliable, cost-effective health coverage.

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Biden’s pro-union, pro-infrastructure legacy drove the decision, and on July 25, NABTU announced its formal endorsement of Kamala Harris. 

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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.

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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.

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The LA Aerial Rapid Transit gondola is now inching closer to reality. Metro approved its final Environmental Impact Report in February.

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The largest gathering of unionized Tradeswomen in the world. Its roots are in California, where Tradeswomen started gathering more than 15 years ago.

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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.

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Biden’s pro-union, pro-infrastructure legacy drove the decision, and on July 25, NABTU announced its formal endorsement of Kamala Harris.

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FRESNO—On March 19, the California High-Speed Rail Authority celebrated the creation of more than 13,000 construction jobs helping build the nation’s first high-speed rail system. Although more than 70 percent of those jobs are going to residents of California’s Central Valley, where the first segment is being constructed, the robust employment will also boost Building Trades members in Los […]

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SACRAMENTO—On Friday, July 14, Chris Hannan was sworn in to lead the State Building and Construction Trades Council, replacing Andrew Meredith as President. President Hannan, unanimously elected by the Executive Board of the State Building and Construction Trades Council, served as Executive Secretary of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council since 2021, […]