Standing up for good jobs, strong communities and lifelong career opportunities in the skilled trades across DC, Maryland and Virginia.
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"DC United has been a good partner to organized labor... We want to continue working together to create more opportunity for local residents to access high-quality training and good-paying jobs."
– Kunta Bedney, Carpenters' Union, at a rally today outside the DC Council building.
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D.C. United and proponents of the plan say more seats and a roof on the eight-year-old stadium (which D.C. invested $150 million to build) would allow for more events, and align with MLS's plan to shift the schedule of play to follow European leagues. (So, mostly in the winter.)
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Today the D.C. Council is holding a hearing on @ChmnMendelson's bill that would put $300 million towards a $620 million proposal to add 8,000 seats and a new roof to Audi Field, as well as build new housing on a lot adjacent to the stadium.
“I felt so much love and so much energy — some of us were teary-eyed seeing that there are this many of us.”
– Tangina Dukes, LiUNA Local 710
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“Just because it’s the cheapest bid doesn’t mean it’s the best bid. Question E gives Baltimore City the opportunity to choose the best value for procurement."
- Ray Baker, Maryland Director of the Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades Council
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“Creating good union jobs is a top priority for me.”|
– Democratic nominee for D.C. Mayor Janeese Lewis George, speaking via Zoom today to local union leaders and business managers at the Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades Council’s 2026 legislative conference in Ocean City, Md.
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We sued Welch, general contractor Whiting-Turner, and three labor brokers in 2024.
Our lawsuit alleged the five companies avoided paying taxes into safety net programs and cheated hundreds of workers out of wages and benefits by misclassifying them as independent contractors.
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WORKER WIN: Welch will pay $1.7 million for its role in a widespread worker misclassification scheme.
Welch's construction projects included the City Ridge development in Ward 3.
We are rooting out misclassification from DC and getting money back for the workers who earned it.
“I think there was a 50% win for workers today. I’m advocating on behalf of workers, all of our workers in our council. Individuals who are skilled to build projects like this were left out.”
- Samuel Epps, Pres. of the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO
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View PDF of topline results of survey of 600 Prince George's County regarding the proposed Sphere at National Harbor. @hannahzziegler @zuriberry @pgcountyexec @PGCCouncilMedia @SphereVegas @bannerpgcounty
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POLL RESULTS: An overwhelming majority of 600 Prince George's County residents surveyed — nearly 70% — support the county requiring signed labor agreements with construction, hospitality and service workers before approving any public subsidies for the Sphere at National Harbor.
Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy is “talking to some Trump-affiliated billionaires in New York about a labor peace agreement. She’s not talking to us.”
— Paul Schwalb, Exec Sec-Treas, UNITE HERE Local 25
Read more in The Banner @jckhogan
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"By attaching prevailing wage, registered apprenticeship programs and local hire guarantees to this TIF, you protect taxpayers, ensure top-tier safety and efficiency, and guarantee local workers build this project.”
– Britton Loftin, IUPAT
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“It was exciting to see all those young people come in. We have the workload and we need the workers to come in and we need to start training skilled people.”
– Kevin Brown, Business Agent, Steamfitters UA Local 602
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