Building & Construction Trades Department

Building Construction Trade News for Union Construction: 2/3/12 - 2/3/2012

Ford Posts Biggest Profit Since '98, More IN Right-to-Work, Keystone Pipeline Gets New Push, 4-Year FAA Deal Reached & Huge PLA in LA for Metro with Community Workforce Provisions

Right to Work Voted Down in NH: The Reason and Why Indiana Should Take Notice - 2/2/2012

Written prior to the passage of Right to Work in Indiana, the article after the jump was written by Chris M. Stevens, a reporter with The Labor Paper in Peoria, Ill.  In the article, Stevens presents the argument that right to work laws and their riders have done nothing but hurt states which have enacted them in the past.  And backs his claims up with statistics.

Building Construction Trade News for Union Construction: 1/27/12 - 1/27/2012

New PLA in LA, Building Trades Member LiUNA Quits Blue Green Alliance Amid Keystone Decision, Retirement in Danger for Americans, POTUS Says America Needs to be Rebuilt & Backs it up by Creating More Jobs than Apple's Steve Jobs

Building Construction Trade News for Union Construction: 1/26/12 - 1/26/2012

Right to work passes in IN, Keystone isn't dead yet and Dulles Rail hiccup and more in this news conglomerate.

Building Construction Trade News for Union Construction: 1/25/12 - 1/25/2012

Florida's Construction Job Losses Mount Under Right-to-Work, America's Building Trades Unions Not Surprised & State of the Union Recaps Pulled by Building Trades

Building Construction Trade News for Union Construction: 1/24/12 - 1/24/2012

Romney Had Swiss Bank and Paid Less than 14% taxes in 2010, TransCanada Works with Lawmakers on New Keystone Pipeline Plan - construction unions hope talks are fruitful & US Using Less Foreign Oil

2012 Legislative Conference Registration OPEN - 1/24/2012

This year's conference will be held April 29-May 2 at the Washington Hilton and Towers.  Registration and Conference information can be found here.  Or by clicking "Legislative Conference" in the top information bar.

Remarks by President Ayers to CURT Tripartite Initiative Meeting - 1/19/2012

 President Ayers delivers a speech to the Construction Users Round Table Meeting in Hollywood, Florida. 

BCTD President Ayers statement on withdrawal of Keystone XL - 1/18/2012

Mark H. Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, released the following statement upon the announcement by the U.S. Department of State that it is formally withdrawing the application for the Keystone XL pipeline

Building Construction Trade News for Union Construction 1/18/12 - 1/18/2012

Wisconsinites gather more than a million signatures to recall Walker, the possible resurgence of union organizing under the new look NLRB and more on Mitt Romney's tax rate. Project Labor Agreement