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BAC President Harry Bates played a major role in the merger of AFL and CIO in 1955, [4] serving as Chair of the Unity Committee. In 2000, the BAC created its "Canadian Congress" to give Canadian members a powerful, greater voice in union affairs. James Boland, the 25th President of the International Union, took office in February 2010.
North America's Building Trades Unions is a labor federation of 14 North American unions in the building trade. [4] Affiliates are the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Teamsters), International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC), International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC), International Union of Painters ...
The union trained a large number of veterans of World War II in its apprenticeship programs, while curtailing the competition from non-union contractors. In 1960 the union followed many other U.S. unions in moving its headquarters, transferring them from Cleveland to the Washington, D.C. region. It is currently headquartered at Columbia, Maryland.
The Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) is a joint, labor-management, non-profit trust formed under Section 302(c) (9) of Labor-Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act which includes contributing Local Unions of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers and their signatory contractors.
As national contractors gained prominence by the mid-20th century, that relationship changed with the times: With the rise of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association – or SMACNA – in the 1940s, the national contractors group and the SMWIA agreed that "proper labor relations" would insure prosperity for all.
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national U.S. trade association representing the construction industry. ABC is an association of 69 chapters with more than 23,000 commercial contractors and construction-related firms among its members.
AGC represents over 6,500 of America’s general contractors, and over 9,000 specialty-contracting firms. More than 10,500 service providers and suppliers are also associated with AGC, through a nationwide network of chapters. [1]
The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is a trade association in the United States of America representing mason contractors. [1] Activities.