Construction has a long, often unenviable history with race, and an image as a closed fraternity of white men.

Local's former president and ex-business agent plead guilty to extortion in 2016 of nonunion construction crew working on a church project.

As virtual reality technologies continue to evolve, construction trade unions are showing interest in incorporating them into apprenticeship training. 

President Trump continues to court construction unions, telling the North America’s Building Trades Unions annual legislative conference that he wants to rebuild infrastructure, streamline project permitting and reduce undocumented labor.