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  • Charter Cities Switching to Prevailing Wage, Thanks to Your Action on SB 7

    October 24, 2014

    October 22, 2014 – The unified, determined voices of the Building Trades and its affiliated unions that convinced the Legislature and Governor to enact Senate Bill 7 in 2013, will be bringing re
  • State Supreme Court Removes Final Legal Hurdle to High Speed Rail

    October 15, 2014

    October 15, 2014 – The California Supreme Court today ended a lengthy legal challenge that has delayed the construction of California’s High Speed Rail system, by declining to consider an
  • New York Times Editorial Spotlights ABC’s Wage, Hour, Safety Violations

    October 14, 2014

    October 14, 2014 – In a recent Editorial entitled “The Right to Cheat and Maim?,” the New York Times criticized the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) for insisting on the rig
  • Political Participation Leads to a Better Life for Workers

    October 7, 2014

    October 2014 – We have just wrapped up another outstanding legislative session for working families in California, and now we focus on earning more favorable outcomes in the November 4 election.
  • Building Trades, Working With Legislature and Governor, Make 2014 Another Productive Year

    October 1, 2014

    October 1, 2014 – Governor Jerry Brown has signed a package of bills sponsored and supported by the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California (SBCTC), and sent to him by the L
  • Health and Safety Conference in Berkeley For Workers, Organizers, Business Reps

    September 30, 2014

    September 29, 2014 – The Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP), Worksafe, and other organizations are co-sponsoring a one-day conference on workplace health and safety in Berkeley, on Saturda
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