For the second time in five years, Edward C. Sullivan and Joseph Maloney have been elected president and secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIOs Building and Construction Trades Dept. Their first election, in July 2000, was marked by internal strife following the first change in department leadership in nearly 30 years.
Five years later, as BCTD marks its 67th convention in Boston, the department again faces challenges with the loss of two of its 15 member unions.