Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council
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Standing up for good jobs, strong communities and lifelong career opportunities in the skilled trades across DC, Maryland and Virginia.
Joined April 2025
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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Intentional employer misclassification of workers as “independent contractors” is widespread.
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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. Learn more:
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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, Balt-DC Building Trades Council.#apprenticeship #PrinceGeorgesCounty.
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$144 million project is part of Phase II of the Prince George’s County “Blueprint Schools” initiative.
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"The future in construction in Baltimore is really bright".- Derek Rogers, Outreach Specialist, Kiewit Corporation
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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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RT @Commanders: Statement from Managing Partner Josh Harris after the first vote to approve the RFK Stadium Bill
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RT @32BJSEIU: @UHLocal25 Jaime Contreras, 32BJ Exec. VP which represents 22,000 in the D.C. area, Richmond, VA and Baltimore, MD: “We are t….
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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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Commanders Agree to Labor Standards on Stadium, Commercial Parcels
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RT @CMZParker5: An update from me and @CMLewisGeorgeW4 on the RFK labor agreements 👇🏾. We secured a major win for workers and Washingtonian….
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DC Councilmember Parker: "We think the Commanders are asking for too much, and we want a better deal.".
Everyone wants to see McLaurin’s contract extended, but the Commanders say he’s asking for too much and they want a better deal. We have a similar perspective here at the Council on the RFK Redevelopment: we think the Commanders are asking for too much, and we want a better deal.
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RT @CMZParker5: My colleague @CMLewisGeorgeW4 and I are clear: any RFK deal before the Council must have project labor and labor peace agre….
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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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Tell DC Council: We Want a Better Deal on RFK Project .trx_addons_inline_1987440976{color:#07203C !important} The redevelopment of RFK Stadium and adjacent commercial sites is a $3.7 billion project...
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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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"There is absolutely no reason DC taxpayers should cough up $1 billion for a stadium and adjoining site that lacks commitment to good union jobs.”.- Samuel A. Epps, President, Metropolitan Washington Council . WATCH video of rally followed by testimony before the DC Council today
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RT @DCLabor: The RFK stadium redevelopment is a massive project, and DC workers and communities deserve more from this deal that either are….
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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.
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Major projects such as the redevelopment of Capital One Arena and the forthcoming RFK stadium project are fueling unprecedented demand for skilled construction labor.
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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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Supporters of Kilmar Abrego Garcia rallied as a judge in Maryland heard arguments over whether the Salvadoran native should be returned to the state ahead of his trial on federal human smuggling...
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