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Standing up for good jobs, strong communities and lifelong career opportunities in the skilled trades across DC, Maryland and Virginia.
"Project Labor Agreements deliver accountability to taxpayers and opportunity to workers — raising standards, preventing exploitation, and ensuring every project reflects the values of fairness and equity that define this community.”
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TOMORROW, WEDS OCT 8! Union Trades Career Fair! 🔨🚜🪚
Meet w local unions, explore #apprenticeship programs & discover career opportunities in electrical, plumbing, ironwork, carpentry and more.
🕗 8am to 2pm
📍 5021 North Point Blvd, Sparrows Point MD 21219
#skilledtrades
MD State Sen. @CoryCory McCray discusses the convo he had as a 17yo when his mother visited him at the detention facility where he was being held — a talk he says shaped his life and set him on a path to a life-saving union apprenticeship with IBEW Local 24.
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#apprenticeship
The D.C. Council gave final approval today to the $3.7 billion Commanders stadium project, including a project labor agreement that ensures the stadium and adjacent hotels will create quality construction and post-construction jobs for local residents.
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"We’re making sure Alexandria’s most iconic civic space is built by skilled #union workers who earn strong wages, receive real benefits and have a voice on the job." — #Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins
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"This deal is the largest labor agreement ever struck w/ a private company in DC’s history. It guarantees thousands of high-quality, union construction jobs w/ more permanent union jobs to follow across concessions, security, hospitality and stadium operations." www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
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“Through this journey, I’ve gained hands-on experience — mentally, physically and emotionally. And I built the confidence to take on anything and everything I put my mind to.”
– Raising the BAR Baltimore graduate Tai’Eisha Martin
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#apprenticeship #baltimore
“Through this journey, I’ve gained hands-on experience — mentally, physically and emotionally. And I built the confidence to take on anything and everything I put my mind to.” – Raising the BAR Baltimore graduate Tai’Eisha Martin
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#apprenticeship #baltimore
STAND UP FOR DC. STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY.
DC is under attack. We’re uniting to say: NO to authoritarian overreach. YES to community. YES to justice. YES to democracy.
📅 11am, Sat., Sept 6
📍 Malcolm X Park, 1544 Euclid St NW, Washington, DC 20009
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New report: #Wagetheft is ‘rampant’ in District’s affordable housing #construction sector and intentional employer misclassification of workers as “independent contractors” is widespread. Report authors call on DC Council to boost penalties & enforcement.
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"It’s not only for a job — it's a career."
- Carpenters' Union Council Rep. Concepcion Morales, talking about upcoming jobs on the Key Bridge Rebuild project and related work and #apprenticeship opportunities with his union.
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“This project is being built with a project labor agreement. That means #union labor. That means good-paying jobs for people who live right here.”
– Jeffrie Long, DC-Metro Director, Baltimore-DC Building Trades Council
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#apprenticeship #skilledtrades #PrinceGeorgesCounty
"The future in construction in Baltimore is really bright"
- Derek Rogers, Outreach Specialist, Kiewit Corporation
IBEW Local 24 member and MD State Senator Cory McCray is the only member of the MD General Assembly to have completed a registered #apprenticeship. He is also the author of a new book — “The Apprenticeship That Saved My Life.” Learn more about his story:
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"We now have a truly transformative development project that will bring the #Commanders back home to the District of Columbia and ensure that those who will build and who will work at these properties have decent wages, health insurance, and a pension."
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We want a better deal.
#commanders #rfkstadium #construction #union #apprenticeship
We have been saying for months that the Commanders should agree to the same basic labor protections that have been on DC development deals for decades—labor peace and project labor agreements that cover the stadium and hotel components of the project. We support having very high local hiring requirements, and creating good union jobs for DC residents-both during construction and post-construction— should be a very simple yes for the Commanders to agree to betore the vote tomorrow. Project labor and labor peace agreements that cover the stadium and hotels within the commercial development are a win-win for the District and the Commanders. They mean secure jobs and worker protections for DC residents, and help manage costs by ensuring quality work and keeping projects on time. Creating good union jobs for DC residents should be very simple for the Commanders to agree to before the vote tomorrow. If they cannot demonstrate labor agreements that cover stadium and hotel workers, we should amend the bill to require it, like other DC stadium projects did. Any deal before the Council must have project labor and labor peace agreement as an essential part of the terms we sign onto.
My colleague @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social and I are clear: any RFK deal before the Council must have project labor and labor peace agreements as an essential part of the terms we sign onto.
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TELL THE DC COUNCIL: We Want a Better Deal on #RFKStadium Development
The proposed deal includes over $1 billion in proposed taxpayer subsidies. We need far stronger commitments to project labor agreements and quality job opportunities for DC residents.
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View live stream of DC Council hearing about the $3.7 billion RFK stadium site development project, including upcoming testimony from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and the #Commanders:
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“I would love for people here today to drive by that stadium five years from now, when it’s built, and be able to say that ‘I built that.’ ”
- Baltimore-D.C. Building Trades Council President Greg Akerman
IT'S NOT TOO LATE to register for Trades Day 2025! Join us this Friday, July 18, at Gallaudet in DC to learn more about the building trades, including apprenticeships & career opportunities for local residents.
This event is FREE! Register at:
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"Our members know that this could happen to any one of them... We stand with Kilmar, and we have one simple message — bring Kilmar home."
— Greg Akerman, President of the Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades Council
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Join us July 18 at Gallaudet in DC to learn more about the building trades, including career opportunities for local residents! For job seekers, apprenticeship directors, students, contractors, elected officials & more. FREE event. RSVP and register:
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I am so proud of Kenyona. Her story is inspiring - and an example of the power of apprenticeships.
Earn-while-you-learn opportunities create life-changing paths into union jobs with good pay, benefits and more.
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A solid majority of the D.C. Council wants the RFK stadium development package to include a project labor agreement (PLA) that covers stadium construction, as well as nearby hotel and restaurant districts. Learn more:
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"Raising the Bar was very good for me. It gave me a lot of information. It gave me everything I needed. It changed my life.”
- IBEW Local 24 member Kenyona Whitaker on her experience in the 6-week Raising the Bar #Baltimore #apprenticeship readiness program.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced last week the first round of “Road to Careers” grant recipients, including two $500,000 grants to support building trades #apprenticeship programs in #Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Prince George’s County.
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At DC city hall yesterday, building trades members called on Mayor Bowser to maintain DC’s PLA law and require quality union jobs on construction of the new RFK stadium. Nearly $1 bill in DC taxpayer $$ should be an investment in both the stadium AND good jobs for DC residents!
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TOMORROW Tuesday, June 17th@ 5pm. Join us for a virtual info session to learn more about the Raising the Bar Apprenticeship Readiness Program. For more info and to register, visit:
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Mayor Bowser wants to weaken DC’s project labor agreement (PLA) law, gutting strong pro-worker public policy. This will mean fewer good union construction jobs and more wage theft by shady contractors. JOIN US June 18 to stand up for DC’s PLA law. Event details at:
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