Amid record demand for skilled trades, free pre-apprenticeship program provides a direct pathway to family-sustaining careers.
The upgrades are vital for Major League Soccer’s (MLS) upcoming 2027 calendar shift to a fall-to-spring schedule, which requires full stadium winterization.
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.
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.
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.
Building trades members urged the Fredericksburg City Council to support a project that has already been scaled back, redesigned and committed to union labor.