North America's Building Trades Unions

06/11/2026

As demand grows for the workers building America's infrastructure, expanding access to training has never been more important.

We're proud that TradesFutures is receiving support from to help strengthen pathways into the union skilled trades and prepare the workforce of the future.

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06/08/2026

06/08/2026

MC3 programs provide life-changing training. Hear it from Shawn and Jarius!

MC3 pre-apprenticeship programs provide hands-on training and a pat...

06/03/2026

Stargate Michigan will be the first data center built under NABTU and OpenAI's historic MOU concerning data center construction. This project will be built under a building trades agreement, guaranteeing the highest standards of safety, training, and craftsmanship. Together with our Michigan State Building and Construction Trades Council, we’re ensuring that this project is built by the most highly skilled union workforce in the country, setting a national benchmark for how data centers should be built.” - President Sean McGarvey

06/03/2026

The skilled workforce America needs is already here.

With 1,600 training centers and more than 300,000 apprentices and trainees, the NABTU training system is built to meet demand and deliver projects safely, on time, and at scale.

https://nabtu.org/press_releases/the-u-s-does-not-have-a-skilled-craft-labor-shortage-it-has-a-workforce-planning-crisis/

06/02/2026

Now THAT is organizing, International Union of Elevator Constructors - IUEC Local 82!!!! 400+ new IUEC members were sworn in this week. That's a true demonstration of solidarity, persistence, and a deep commitment to bringing more workers into family-sustaining Building Trades union careers. More and more people are seeing the value of Building Trades careers: world-class training, strong wages and benefits, safer jobsites, and real pathways to long-term middle-class opportunity. Great job, Local 82, and congratulations to the IUEC and every one of these new brothers and sisters! 👏💪

06/01/2026

Now enrolling: BTA 102 – Closing the Deal at Rowan University (July 19th –21st ). This multi-craft, open enrollment course prepares building trades members to lead productive face-to-face meetings with contractors, policymakers, and end users. Participants build practical communication skills and strengthen relationship-building through focused one-on-one engagement. Open to all NABTU affiliates. Learn more and register today. https://tinyurl.com/3hj9jb24

05/29/2026

America needs skilled workers now more than ever.

The Building Trades are answering the call.

05/28/2026

The warnings about “skilled labor shortages” miss a critical fact: The Building Trades already train and deploy the workforce building America’s infrastructure, manufacturing facilities, power generation, and data centers. The issue is not a lack of workers. It’s a failure by some owners, developers, and national contractor groups to commit to early workforce planning and long-term investment—the same commitment the Building Trades and signatory contractor partners have made for decades. Read more here: https://nabtu.org/press_releases/the-u-s-does-not-have-a-skilled-craft-labor-shortage-it-has-a-workforce-planning-crisis/

05/28/2026

Skilled. Trained. Union. 🇺🇸