San Diego Building & Construction Trades Council

Business Manager Tom Lemmon and political director Carol Kim joined public officials at an event this morning, celebrating the first trolley on the Mid-Coast line. We’re proud to partner with public agencies to provide a skilled & trained workforce for public works and infrastructure! #BTfamily #infrastructure #MassTransit #SkilledAndTrained

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads and father figures of the #BTfamily! We love and appreciate you so much! #fathersday2021 #UnionFamily #1u

Happy #Juneteenth - Freedom Day - Jubilee Day - the holiday commemorating the end of slavery. May we carry the lessons of our past with us in our continued pursuit of a fair and equitable future for all. - Rep. James E. Clyburn

Today we remember those that sacrificed all. #MemorialDay #HonorThem Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it. - unknown

We’re out doing outreach about our apprenticeship programs in Vista, CA at Rancho Buena Vista HS! Roll thru and find out how you can #EarnWhileYouLearn! #apprenticeship #BTfamily #1u

This morning, over a hundred cars came through the Drive-Thru Apprenticeship Fair in Southeast San Diego, with many prospective apprentices waiting as long as an hour to talk with representatives from our union apprenticeship programs. We really loved talking with so many community members, from the ages of 17 to 58 about the opportunities that exist in the union construction trades! We appreciate all our members who came out to speak with the community about our life-changing apprenticeship programs. Also, thanks to Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe for stopping by! #apprenticeship #EarnWhileYouLearn #UnionStrong #BTfamily #1u

Just a reminder that this event is taking place tomorrow morning! Come by and learn more about apprenticeship opportunities that can build a middle class career! #apprenticeships #EarnWhileYouLearn #UnionStrong #BTfamily #1u

Cisterra's Radian is another PLA project to break ground this summer - putting our local construction workers to work building San Diego's skyline with a new $145m 22-story mixed-use apartment tower in East Village. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com//its-official-target-

Come on out to our Drive-Thru Apprenticeship Fair this Saturday, May 22nd, from 9 AM to 12 PM at the Malcolm X Library: 5146 Market St, San Diego, CA 92114 #apprenticeship #earnwhileyoulearn #unionstrong #btfamily #1u Video: Young Black & 'N Business

Today, the San Diego Building & Construction Trades Council signed a PLA (Project Labor Agreement) for the construction of the Terminal 1 expansion at the San Diego Airport! Turner Construction and Flatiron expect to break ground on the $3B 1.2-million-square-foot terminal with 30 gates in late 2021 - creating thousands of good-paying jobs for local construction workers! Project Labor Agreements enable local hiring and help manage complex projects to be on time and on budget.

Happy Mother’s Day to all our Building Trades moms! We’re so grateful for all you do! #MothersDay #BTfamily #1u

On the dawn of this new year, we wish all the working families of our communities a healthy, safe, prosperous, and happy 2021! Looking forward to working alongside all of you to ensure this year is #UnionStrong. #BTfamily #1u

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! #BTfamily #1u

Exposed to COVID? Know Your Rights! If you have a COVID exposure at your worksite and are excluded from work for up to 14 days, the contractor is required to pay and maintain benefits for any employees excluded due to the COVID exposure. Cal-OSHA recently adopted revisions to Emergency and Training Standards (ETS) which impose new requirements on employers, including excluding workers for 14 days who had with a workplace exposure to COVID and adopting a testing regiment. This... took effect on November 30, 2020. The new Cal-OSHA regulations require the employer to keep the employee whole for wages and benefits for up to 14 days. Here is the ETS that Cal-OSHA adopted: http://ibew569.org//2020-11-12_covid-19-prevention-emergen and here is a link to an FAQ about it: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/coronavirus/COVID19FAQs.html Section 3205(b) defines COVID-19 exposure as: being within six feet of a COVID-19 case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or greater in any 24-hour period within or overlapping with the ‘high-risk exposure period’ defined by this section. This definition applies regardless of the use of face coverings. Section 3205(c)(10)(B) states that: Employers shall exclude employees with COVID-19 exposure from the workplace for 14 days after the last known COVID-19 exposure to a COVID-19 case. Section 3205(c)(10)(C) states that: For employees excluded from work under subsection (c)(10) and otherwise able and available to work, employers shall continue and maintain an employee’s earnings, seniority, and all other employee rights and benefits, including the employee's right to their former job status, as if the employee had not been removed from their job. Employers may use employer-provided employee sick leave benefits for this purpose and consider benefit payments from public sources in determining how to maintain earnings, rights and benefits, where permitted by law and when not covered by workers’ compensation. Building Trades members - If you have questions about your job, you have representation with your local union - give them a call and ask to speak with a Business Agent. Our agents have been responding to member calls on COVID exposures and helping to get wages and benefits paid.

This Saturday morning, Building Trades brothers and sisters from all over San Diego County turned out to volunteer in support of domestic violence survivors in North County. We’re grateful for the leadership of Johnny Swanson and the giant hearts of all these men and women. #BTFamily #UnionStrong #CommunityStrong #1u

We're always proud to see the many ways in which our members give back to support those in need in our community. Thank you, Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 206 for your generosity and compassion for foster children in San Diego! #BTfamily #1u

With only two weeks until Election Day - let's show up on Saturday and help elect San Diego candidates that support for work for our Building Trades members! RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1241977499495304

It's 17 days until Election Day, and with about 20% of ballots already returned in San Diego County, our members turned out to make sure that voters know that Jose Rodriguez and Marcus Bush are the choice of working people for City Council in National City and to vote for Andrea Cardenas and Steve Padilla for Chula Vista City Council. Many thanks to Opcmia Plasterers Local 200 for hosting the walk, and to all of our union brothers and sisters for joining us this morning! Gra...teful to IBEW Local 569, The United Association of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 230, Ironworkers Local 229, Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 206, LOCAL 45 - United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers, DC 36 IUPAT, IATSE Local 122, SEIU Local 221, San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council! #DriveThruLitDrop #WalkingForWorkingFamilies #UnionStrong #Election2020 #BTfamily #1u See more

San Diego Building Trades members joined the rally and caravan launch this morning for the #NoOnProp22 campaign, to urge San Diego to vote NO on Prop 22. This ballot measure is an attempt by multi-billion dollar companies to carve themselves out of labor laws, exempting themselves PERMANENTLY from having to pay into our social safety nets such as social security, unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation, and minimum wage requirements. They want to make their profits on t...he backs of CA taxpayers and other law-abiding CA businesses, while leaving their workers without any protections. Don’t fall for the liesProp 22 has NOTHING to do with flexibility for driversCA state law already places all decision making around worker schedule flexibility in the hands of employers. It only has to do with corporate greed. Corporations can be a lot of things, but none exist that want to spend $200 MILLION of their own profits to give workers more protectionsand that’s how much Uber and Lyft have put into their campaign for Prop 22. Tell them NO. Vote NO on Prop 22! #election2020 #BTfamily #VoteWithWorkers #1u

WOW - over 75 volunteers from Building Trades unions, UNITE HERE Local 30 and SEIU Local 221 turned out to our drive-thru Lit Drop for pro-worker North County candidates: Katie Melendez for Vista City Council; Cipriano Vargas for Vista School Board; Rob Howard 4 Mayor of Oceanside; and ... Teresa Acosta for Carlsbad City Council 2020! Much thanks to IUPAT District Council 36 Painters and Allied Trades for hosting today’s walk, and to all our volunteers that walked to help win more work for our members! #WhenWeWalkWeWin #Elections2020 #UnionStrong #VoteNovember3 #BTfamily #1u

Ballots are in hand (unless you’ve already voted) and we encourage you to vote with and for working people and the public good! Vote YES on Prpp 15, YES on Prop 16, and NO on Prop 22! #VOTE #YesOnProp15 #YesOnProp16 #NoOnProp22 #1u

Join us in Vista tomorrow morning to help elect friends that support working families - and get your Building Trades mask and bag! Details and RSVP: https://fb.me/e/20yzlSoY1

Building Trades unions turned out in force to drop lit for our pro-worker candidates! VOTE Marni Von Wilpert, Raul Campillo, and Will Moore for San Diego City Council; Todd Gloria for Mayor; Terra Lawson Remer for Supervisor; and Chris Ward for Assembly! Much thanks to Ironworkers 229 for hosting today’s walk, and to IBEW 569, Roofers 45, UA 230 for turning out members today to walk for working families and the communities in which we live and work! #WhenWeWalkWeWin #Elections2020 #UnionStrong #VoteNovember3 #BTfamily #1u

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The delegates and executive board of the San Diego County Building & Construction Trades Council has unanimously voted to rescind our endorsement of Kelvin Barrios for the City of San Diego City Council District 9 race. #Election2020

The Building Trades unions turned out in force to drop lit for our pro-worker North County candidates, Katie Melendez for Vista City Council; Cipriano Vargas for Vista School Board; Rob Howard for Oceanside Mayor; and Teresa Acosta for Carlsbad City Council! Many thanks to LOCAL 45 - United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers for hosting today’s walk, and to The United Association of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 230, IBEW Local 569, Ironworkers 229; and #HomeworkSD for turning out members today to walk for working families and the communities in which we live and work! #WhenWeWalkWeWin #Elections2020 #UnionStrong #VoteNovember3 #BTfamily #1u

Today, our IUEC Local 18 members volunteered at a blood drive, where they signed in blood donors and supported the vital work of the San Diego Blood Bank. Every day, unions and their members are giving back to the communities in which they live and work. #UnionStrong #CommunityStrong #BTfamily #1u

Today, the San Diego Building Trades joined the Padres, their partners, the Downtown Partnership, and Mayor Kevin Faulconer to celebrate the Padres’ development concept being chosen for the East Village Quarter. The Padres and the Building Trades have a decades-long partnership and we will work together to build this new project with a local, skilled and trained workforce! #SLAMDIEGO #PLA #BTfamily #1u

The Building Trades unions turned out in force to drop lit for our pro-worker South Bay candidates, Jose Rodriguez and Marcus Bush for National City City Council and Andrea Cardenas and Steve Padilla for Chula Vista City Council! Many thanks to The United Association of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 230 for hosting today’s walk, and to IBEW Local 569, Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 206, and LOCAL 45 - United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers for turning out members today to walk for working families and the communities in which we live and work! #WhenWeWalkWeWin #Elections2020 #UnionStrong #VoteNovember3 #BTfamily #1u