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Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb (D) were among many featured speakers at the 2024 North America’s Building Trades Unions' confer…

The Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO held its annual national legislative conference. Speakers at the opening plenary session included Vice President Joe Biden, Ene…

Democratic presidential candidates addressed a legislative conference titled, “Building Trades: Seize the Opportunity, Meet the Challenge.” They talked about a number of issues including fo…

The building and construction trades department of the AFL-CIO held a legislative conference on labor and economic issues. The session began with the presentation of the colors by an honor g…

Participants spoke to labor leaders about a number of issues including the state of the economy, employment policy, energy policy, and the state of the building trades.

Government leaders and legislators spoke about labor issues at the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades legislative conference House Democratic Leader Rep. Dick Gephardt (MO) talked abou…

Vice President Al Gore addressed AFl-CIO building and construction trades conference members on the accomplishments of the Bill Clinton administration, including more jobs and a stronger eco…

Speakers discussed labor issues including health care reform and construction safety during the 1993 legislative conference of the building and construction division of the American Federati…

Speaker of the House Thomas Foley (D-Washington) lauded the skill and abilities of workers in the construction industry in calling for the passage of the Clinton administration’s economic pr…

The Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO held its 1993 national legislative conference. Members of Congress and representatives from the administration gathered to spea…

President Clinton spoke to a convention of workers in the construction industry on the need for his economic stimulus legislation currently before the Senate. In his remarks, the president s…

The AFL-CIO held a news conference to announce the release of a report on safety in the American workplace. The report used figures obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to criticize …

Mr. Brown talked about the Democratic issues for the 1992 campaign in relation to union workers.

Senator Kennedy spoke at the Building and Construction Trades Department. His speech was part of an annual legislative conference and discussed the different partisan views of organized labo…

Mr. Georgine spoke about the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO and its policies and goals. Mr. Kirkland spoke to conferees about labor issues and presidential politi…

AFL-CIO held a conference with multiple speakers to discuss the building and construction union issues.

Speakers talked at the 1989 National Conference of the Building & Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor. Issues discussed include the Trade Union Movement and l…

Speaker Jim Wright appears at the conference on the day the ethics committee charges against him were released.

The AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department held their National Legislative Conference.

President Ronald Reagan spoke before members of the AFL/CIO about the federal budget.