Members of Building Trades Unions enjoy Higher-Quality Training, Better Pay and Job Security.
WHY? Because Building Trades Unions provide Strength in Numbers.
A Construction Trade Union is a group of skilled trade professionals in all of the Construction Trades throughout Ohio who come together to negotiate and work for higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions.
Members of Construction Trade Unions also are dedicated to protecting each other's interests.
Ohio's Construction Trade Union members work together to negotiate and enforce contracts with their construction contractors that provide benefits such as:
A Local Union is a locally based group of workers with a charter from a national or international union. Ohio's Construction Trade Local Unions each work like a democracy, holding elections for officers who make decisions on behalf of members, giving workers more power on the job.
"Decent raises, predictable schedules and family-friendly policies don't just happen without working people coming together and advocating for better workplaces."American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Working for well over a Century to secure employment stability and economic security for its skilled craft professionals in the construction industry, Ohio's Construction Trade Unions have achieved a POWERFUL VOICE throughout the state. During that time, Ohio's Construction Trade Union members have also built many of the state's most iconic structures and infrastructure.
Ohio's Construction Unions make sure their members are trained and prepared to handle greater and more complex responsibilities, allowing them to ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS in a number of ways.
Ohio's Union Construction Workers are also part of democratic organizations that are governed from within their own membership; therefore, the they can take on roles as UNION OFFICERS at the local level, including:
At the STATE AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS, construction unions are also run and administered by their own members, who are also promoted from within!
Ohio's Construction Unions also prepare its members to become OWNER/OPERATOR CONTRACTORS by providing them with:
These are just a few of the many significant projects built in Ohio by Union Construction Workers
