BuildingTrades.org
Title
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
Description
The Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, coordinates activity and provides resources to 13 affiliated trades unions in the construction industry. It has 386 state, local and provincial councils in the United States and Canada. Edward C. Sullivan is the President of the BCTD. Prior to his election to the position in 2000, he was the President of the Union of Elevator Constructors.
Created in 1908, the BCTD has helped its 11 affiliated building trades unions to make job sites safer, deliver apprenticeship and journey-level training, organize new workers, support legislation that affects working families, and assist in securing improved wages, hours and working conditions through collective bargaining.
In addition, the BCTD works to resolve jurisdictional disputes within the construction trades and builds solidarity by encouraging the formation of local building trades councils.
Languages
English
Address
- 1155 15th St, NW
- Washington DC 20005 US
Contact
- Bldg&Construction Trades Department
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- +1 202 347 1461, Fax: +1 202 628 0724
