The Washington D.C. Building and Construction Trades Council has worked since 1937 as an advocate for construction workers in the national capital region. Combining the resources of 17 local unions, the Council promotes union labor and protects skilled building trades workers from groundbreaking to final punch list.

The Building and Construction trade unions provide the best trained and safest workers in the industry. Our pension funds invest in construction projects across the D.C. metropolitan area. So from drawing board to grand opening, the members of the Washington D.C. Building and Construction Trades Council are true partners in the growth of our community.

Building & Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

April 13-16, 2008 marked the 100th Anniversary of the Building & Construction Trades Department. The Legislative Conference was held in Washington, DC where Congressmen and women, Senators, Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and other special guest speakers addressed an audience of representatives from all 13 Labor Unions. For more on the conference, go to the BCTD website.

Scholarship

The personal injury law firm of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot is pleased to announce that it will award two $5,000 union scholarships to college bound sons or daughters of union members. These scholarships will be awarded at the end of June 2008. Scholarship applications can be downloaded here or obtained by contacting attorneys Joe Koonz or David Schloss at 202-659-5500.

Tickets to Troops Campaign

The Washington Capitals and the Washington D.C. Building & Construction Trades Council proudly present the Tickets to Troops Campaign.

The Capitals will offer a season long discount program which will enable BCTC members to save up to $15 off the gate price. For every four (4) tickets purchased through the Campaign, the Washington Capitals and the BCTC will donate one (1) ticket to the designated military service organization of choice, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

To purchase your discount Capitals hockey tickets and benefit our wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, please visit www.capstickets.com/bctc.html.

Please contact Pete Sekulow at 202-266-2342 with any questions.