Unions

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Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 in favor of putting Binding Arbitration on the November 2026 ballot. Introduced by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis, the Safer Los Angeles County Binding Arbitration proposal would put independent experts in charge of resolving contract disputes for first responders and workers in the […]

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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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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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In a bold sign that development is rebounding post-pandemic, a massive 10-building complex hailed as “the new gateway to Downtown LA” is clearing major hurdles in the approval process. Fourth & Central, a mixed-use project at the intersection of the Arts District, Little Tokyo and Skid Row neighborhoods, is approaching what could be a 2025 groundbreaking. It will be built […]