TRI-CITY BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL 2024 ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS

2024 ELECTION ENDORSEMENT LIST NOVEMBER 5th, 2024 TRI-CITY BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL   FEDERAL ELECTIONS President/Vice President                      Kamala Harris & Tim Walz Congress 17th District (IL)                   Eric Sorensen Congress 1st District (IA)                    Christina Bohannan   ILLINOIS STATE OFFICES Illinois House District 72                     Gregg Johnson   ROCK ISLAND COUNTY: Rock Island County Recorder              Kelly Fisher … Read more

IOWA LOCAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS 2023

TRI-CITY BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL 2023 IOWA LOCAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 ELECTION  CITY OF DAVENPORT 1ST WARD COUNCIL Rick Dunn CITY OF DAVENPORT 2ND WARD COUNCIL: Tim Dunn CITY OF DAVENPORT COUNCIL AT LARGE: Jasmine Newton DAVENPORT SCHOOL BOARD: Dan Gosa, Karen Kline Jerome Linda Hayes Connie King Kent Brands NORTH SCOTT SCHOOL BOARD … Read more

NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK PROCLAMATION 2023

  TRI-CITY BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL PROCLAMATION NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP AWARENESS & APPRECIATION WEEK NOVEMBER 13th – 19th, 2023 WHEREAS,  the Tri-City Building & Construction Trades Council recognizes the urgent needs of the construction unions to train and maintain the most highly skilled trained workforce capable of meeting the needs of the industries in which we … Read more

The Value of Work

Salena Zito: The ‘unspeakable stupidity’ of devaluing work A few months ago, Mike Rowe stumbled on a 2011 video of himself speaking in front of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during the Obama administration about the mindset of government toward skilled trades. His argument was that skilled trades were the key to saving … Read more

CHANGES FOR QUAD CITIES CONSTRUCTION UNION LEADERSHIP

Changes for Quad-City construction union leadership Steven P. Tondi and Alan Anderson, longtime labor-management leaders in the Quad-Cities construction trades industry, recently retired after a combined 72 years of service. Tondi retired on Dec. 31 as President/CEO of the Associated General Contractors of the Quad Cities (AGCQC), Quad City Builders (QCB), and the Quad City … Read more

TRI-CITY BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL 2022 ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS

TRI-CITY BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADE COUNCIL 2022 ELECTION ENDORSEMENT LIST NOVEMBER 8, 2022   FEDERAL ELECTIONS U.S. Senate (IL)                                 Tammy Duckworth U.S. Senate (IA)                                 Mike Franken Congress 17th District (IL)                  Eric Sorensen Congress 1st District (IA)                   Christina Bohannan Congress 2nd District (IA)                 Liz Mathis   ILLINOIS STATE OFFICES Illinois Governor                                JB Pritzker Illinois Attorney … Read more

National Apprenticeship Week Proclamation

TRI-CITY BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL PROCLAMATION NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP AWARENESS & APPRECIATION WEEK NOVEMBER 8th – 14th, 2020 WHEREAS,  the Tri-City Building & Construction Trades Council recognizes the urgent needs of the construction unions to train and maintain the most highly skilled trained workforce capable of meeting the needs of the industries in which we … Read more

BUILDING TRADES STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDING COVID-19 STIMULUS NEGOTIATIONS

NABTU STATEMENT ON TRUMP ENDING COVID-19 RELIEF NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WASHINGTON, DC – October 6, 2020 – North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey issued the following statement in response to President Trump ending COVID-19 relief negotiations until after the presidential election: “I am appalled at President Trump’s decision today … Read more

Tri-City Building Trades Council 2020 Election Endorsements

2020 ELECTION ENDORSEMENT LIST NOVEMBER 3, 2020 TRI-CITY BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL FEDERAL ELECTIONS President Joe Biden U.S. Senate (IL) Richard Durbin U.S. Senate (IA) Theresa Greenfield Congress 17th District (IL) Cheri Bustos Congress 2nd District (IA) Rita Hart Congress 1st District (IA) Abby Finkenauer ILLINOIS STATE OFFICES Illinois House District 72 Mike Halpin … Read more