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  • California labor movement’s annual legislative conference set for mid-March

    February 27, 2018

    Feb. 27, 2018 – Registrations are now being taken for Building Trades members who want to attend the California Labor Federation-State Building and Construction Trades Council’s 2018
  • Legislative alert: New law gives Building Trades reps a role in protecting immigrant workers

    February 15, 2018

    Feb. 15, 2018 – A new California law to protect immigrant workers gives Building Trades representatives a role to make sure that our members are not subjected to hyper-aggressive enforcemen
  • Governor boosts apprenticeship budget by $103M

    February 1, 2018

    Feb. 1, 2018 – Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget came through in a big way for state-approved apprenticeship programs, proposing $103 million to pay for the instruction that our unions provid
  • Are employers crying wolf on labor shortage?

    February 1, 2018

    Feb. 1, 2018 – In a Sacramento Bee op-ed column, SBCTC President Robbie Hunter has taken issue with some misinformation that is circulating in the state about a so-called labor shortage in Cali
  • ABC pressing Trump to kill PLAs

    January 30, 2018

    Jan. 30, 2018 – With President Donald Trump slated to deliver his State of the Union message tonight, the leading anti-worker contractor association in the country is lobbying the administr
  • The importance of pre-apprenticeship

    January 30, 2018

    Jan. 30, 2018 – Earlier this month, officials at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility invited State Building Trades Northern California Regional Director Bob Jennings to speak at the institut
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