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Letter to the Honorable Senator Harry Reid [2/11/2009] - President Mark Ayers sends letter to Senator Reid on the Stimulus Package in the U.S. Senate. link

Letter sent to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives. [2/11/2009] - President Mark Ayers sends letter to Speaker Pelosi on the Stimulus Package in the U.S. House. link

President Obama rescinds Bush ban using PLA's on Federal Projects [2/6/2009] - America's Building Trades Unions praise the action today by President Obama in issuing an Executive Order overturning the Bush Administration's ban on federal project labor agreements (PLAs). link

Texas Prevailing Wage Law [10/20/2008] - Chapter 2258 was amended during the 2007 legislative session. Effective September 1, 2007, all political subdivisions in the state of Texas may adopt the Federal Davis/Bacon prevailing wages and its subsuquent amendments without having to spend taxpayer dollars on the costs of conducting their own prevailing wage surveys. link

Welcome to the New Website for the Texas State Building Trades [11/16/2007] - The leadership and member locals of the Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council would like to welcome you to our newly designed website.  On our site you can find out a great deal of information about us and our organization. more

Welcome to The Texas State Council Building & Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Thank you for visiting the web page of the Texas State Building & Construction Trades Council. The unionized construction industry is very unique, and we are proud to be the organization that leads the way when it comes to standing up for what is best for our members...and what is best for our communities.

Throughout our extremely large and diverse state, it is the members of the Texas Building Trades that create and maintain the infrastructure in the Commercial and Industrial Industries, which includes office buildings, hospitals, universities, schools, libraries, stadiums, bridges, warehouses, power generation facilities, refineries and chemical plants that make our state such a wonderful place to live and do business. It is these same members of the Building Trades that tirelessly give back to their communities by volunteering their time to organizations that make life better for those less fortunate. We go beyond the call of duty to raise the standard of living for people in our communities.

The work of the unionized construction trades speaks for itself. Our apprenticeship training programs are second to none, and no one can compete with the level of skilled craftsmanship that our journeymen bring to the job site.

Please take the time to browse our web site. Here you will be able to link to our affiliated local unions, contractors and government contacts. You will also be able to get information on Prevailing Wages, Helmets to Hard Hats, Safety and Health training, Legislative, Political Actions, H-2B Visas for Foreign Labor Applications and upcoming events being hosted by the State Council and its affiliates.

Thanks for visiting....and as always.....WE BUILD TEXAS!