Articles Tagged with ''building trades unions''

Building trades celebrated pro-labor policies of Biden administration at their annual legislative conference. 

Terry O'Sullivan has led the Laborers’ International Union of North America since 2000. His replacement, Brent Booker, is LIUNA vice president and a third-generation member of the union.

New Bureau of Labor Statistics report says union portion of the total private sector construction workforce declined last year to 11.7%, the lowest annual level in a decade, but building trades counter that data understates organized labor strength.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two pieces of legislation that could create more than 100,000 construction jobs and make it easier to build on commercial land.

Context and details are everything in life, including the way construction trade wages are determined and enforced under the federal Davis-Bacon Act.

Unions cite efforts in passing infrastructure spending law and new federal mandates on project labor agreements.