As the world’s largest gathering of unionized women in the skilled trades, the conference brought together tradeswomen from across North America for three days of empowerment.
For years, the lowest-bid requirement has enabled contractors to submit artificially low estimates to win municipal contracts, only to jack up costs later through endless change orders.
The RFK project will operate under a Project Labor Agreement (PLA), for both stadium construction and surrounding retail and hospitality development.
Two affiliates of the Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades Council recently welcomed historically large classes of new apprentices.
The Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades Council is urging the county to require a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) before approving any public funds.
Projections estimated that 1500 Gateway would have created more than 2,800 union construction jobs, generating over $190 million in wages.
The building trades are actively pushing for a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) to cover all remaining phases of the rebuild.
For building trades leadership, participating in tech industry events is not optional — it is key to ensuring union labor remains the standard for next-generation construction.
Workers claim they were asked to work overtime and were never paid an overtime premium – in addition to experiencing long delays in getting paid at all.
Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters’ Representative John Barber was sworn in as chair of the Baltimore City Wage Commission in early August.