Philadelphia Building Trades Leading the Way to Election Day!

Oct 3, 2008 - The Philadelphia Building Trades Council is taking an active role in our GOTV efforts this year.

House Defeats Bailout Proposal; Markets Plunge

Sep 29, 2008 -

The House of Representatives today failed to pass the Wall Street Bailout plan negotiated by congressional leaders and the Bush Administration

40 Days to Go...Building Trades Ratchet Up Political Mobilization Efforts

Sep 25, 2008 -

With 40 days left until the most important presidential election in modern times, the Building and Construction Trades Department is racheting up its political education efforts. See video clips from the battleground state of New Hampshire.

Building Trades Weigh In On Wall Street Bailout Plan

Sep 23, 2008 - In a sharply worded letter to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Building and Construction Trades President Mark Ayers urges a rational and effective approach that beneifts Main Street as well as Wall Street.