Connecticut State Building Trades

14/08/2025

29/09/2024

Everyone in this room made HISTORY by attending the largest gathering of tradeswomen in the world👏💪

07/09/2024

Members of the CT Building Trades are knocking doors this morning for pro-worker candidates in Meriden & Middletown!

26/08/2024

Check out our President, Keith Brother's, OpEd in The Day. Offshore wind jobs are good union jobs!

It was great to see a $389 million grant come from the U.S. Department of Energy to bring more offshore wind power to New England. These funds will not only help to lower costs to ratepayers for futur...

01/08/2024

We’re almost at our Tradeswomen Build Nations 2024 capacity! Register now before it’s too late.
https://nabtu.org/twbn/

04/05/2024

We are at Rockville High School Career Fair today speaking to students about the Connecticut State Building Trades!

04/05/2024

26/04/2024

"It’s “almost like the perfect leader was sent at the perfect time for working people,” NABTU President Sean McGarvey told CNN about Biden in an interview announcing the endorsement."

Joe Biden will land a major union endorsement Wednesday from North America’s Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it.

22/03/2024

“In fact, national statistics show that across industries, women, on average, make about 83% of what men earn for full-time work. But, according to Cortes, the unions’ collective bargaining ensures there is no pay gap between male and female members. It’s a point he often makes when recruiting more women to the trades.”

Devyn Maher says her life changed the first time she held a power tool. Now she's an apprentice plumber and mentor for other women in construction.

06/03/2024

📢“PLAs are not about hiring union contractors or saving money,” Ladd said. “It’s about having an agreement in place to ensure that city residents get jobs, to keep cost overruns in check and to make sure the workers are getting paid prevailing wages.” ✊

Norwich ― The City Council late Monday heard from nearly three dozen union trades workers and union leaders before voting 4-3 to require Project Labor Agreements for the city’s $385 million school con...

27/11/2023

“The Connecticut State Building Trades should be at every table where decisions regarding development are being made. We must be a part of the transition to clean energy. Put us to work.”

We support CT's intent to sell only electric vehicles by 2035. We are simply asking to build the infrastructure to support them.

13/11/2023

There's no better way than a PLA to ensure a project of this magnitude is completed on time. Our members will get it done. Thank you, CRDA, for the partnership!✊

Taking a lesson from a year-long delay in the recently completed sports-betting lounge at Hartford’s XL Center, the Capital Region Development Authority plans to sign an agreement with local unions to ensure a ready supply of trained labor for the venue’s broader $100 million renovation. The spo...