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  • New study minimizes impact of prevailing wage on affordable housing construction

    January 25, 2018

    Jan. 25, 2018 — A study that is about to be published by the Berkeley Planning Journal says that when it comes to building subsidized affordable housing, the prevailing wage is responsible for o
  • Statement by SBCTC President Robbie Hunter on Gov. Brown’s final “State of the State” speech

    January 25, 2018

    Jan. 25, 2018 – “Gov. Jerry Brown has led California out of the worst financial crisis that the state has seen in recent memory. He has kept his word. He has kept his promises. &ldquo
  • Register Now for the New SBCTC Safety Training on Electrical Hazards for Non-Electricians

    January 25, 2018

    January 25, 2018 – The State Building and Construction Trades Council has just opened registration for the new train- the-trainer classes for Electrical Hazards for Non-Electricians. 
  • President Hunter to ABC: Do your homework

    January 18, 2018

    Jan. 18, 2018 – President Robbie Hunter had a something to say this week to the NorCal president of the rogue Associated Builders and Contractors – do your homework. In an op-ed column in Cap
  • High Speed Rail rolls over GOP job killers

    January 11, 2018

    Republican legislators Jim Patterson and Andy Vidak did their best this week to try and kill 1,582 critically-needed jobs in the San Joaquin Valley. Luckily, they failed. Patterson, the GOP assemblyma
  • Welcome to the Disaster After the Tax Bill

    December 19, 2017

    By Robbie Hunter President, State Building and Construction Trades Council Dec. 19, 2017 — Welcome to the new Gilded Age, where the inheritors of wealth will inherit more, where the 1 percent wi
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