Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council

Standing up for good jobs, strong communities and lifelong career opportunities in the skilled trades across DC, Maryland and Virginia.

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Building trades unions across the Mid-Atlantic are seeing unprecedented interest and record-breaking surges in #apprenticeship applications. Several local unions report that apprenticeship application numbers have doubled or tripled in recent years.

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[Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO @DCLabor]

It's a clean sweep for DC's union members and working families! Every single one of our endorsed DC candidates has won their primary.

Congratulations to @Janeese4DC on winning the Democratic nomination to be DC's next mayor, and to all our endorsees! 🧵

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Learn more about Raising the Bar at a Zoom info session at 5pm TODAY, June 18. Our Baltimore program will run from July 20 to August 28.
📷 Register at: https://t.co/sYGDMW5JjZ
#Baltimore #apprenticeship #SkilledTrades #union

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Nahom Fessehaye Solomon graduated in May 2026 from Raising the Bar, our free six-week pre-apprenticeship program. That very same day, he also learned he had been accepted into the apprenticeship program with Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 5.

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

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[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Join ATU Local 689, NoVA Labor and DC LaborFest the evening of May 27th for a FREE documentary screening of "We Fought For What We Have: A Union Story." The film viewing will be followed by a Q&A panel discussion.
Tickets: https://t.co/WJKxjU1Dyf

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

This film is sponsored by ATU Local 689 and features interviews with long-time members, archival footage from the early 20th century and live captured footage of countless organizing campaigns around the region.

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Want to learn how Raising the Bar can jumpstart your union construction career? Join us for an in-person info session May 30 in Baltimore, or via Zoom sessions June 4, 11 or 18.
📷 Reserve your info session seat today!
https://t.co/sYGDMW5JjZ

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

This #NationalApprenticeshipWeek, we’re celebrating the hands-on learning, mentorship and dedication that build strong careers — and strong communities.
#apprenticeship #skilledtrades

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

#Apprenticeships open doors, create new opportunities and empower individuals to earn while they learn, gaining real-world skills that last a lifetime. From the jobsite to the classroom, apprentices are building a better future for all of us!

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Want to learn how Raising the Bar can jumpstart your union construction career? Join us for an in-person info session May 30 in Baltimore, or via Zoom sessions June 4, 11 or 18.
📷 Reserve your info session seat today!
https://t.co/sYGDMW5JjZ

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

As Mayor Brandon M. Scott noted in his tweet, Kenyona's story is exactly why we invest in pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. They are in investments in people, in quality local jobs and in our communities

[Brandon M. Scott @MayorBMScott]

In honor of National Apprenticeship Week, I wanted to share Kenyona, who, during my State of the City Address, shared how @JobsBaltimore_ was able to connect her to a real opportunity and put her on a pathway to a strong career.

Her story is exactly why we continue to invest in apprenticeship programs.

If you’re ready to start your own path into an apprenticeship, @JobsBaltimore_ is here to help. Learn more, https://t.co/aBQnYEb4yW.

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Kenyona says her life was transformed through her participation in Raising the Bar — our free six-week pre-apprenticeship program run in partnership with the Construction Trades Workforce Initiative. She is currently an apprentice with IBEW Local Union 24.

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

@MayorBMScott @JobsBaltimore_ As @MayorBMScott notes in his tweet, Kenyona's story is exactly why we invest in pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. They are in investments in people, in quality local jobs and in our communities

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Want to learn how you can jumpstart your construction career? Sign-up for an upcoming in-person or online Raising the Bar information session at: https://t.co/sYGDMW5JjZ

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Less than two weeks after graduating from the Raising the Bar pre-apprenticeship program, Jasmine Carter was accepted into an apprenticeship with Operating Engineers Local 37 and landed a full-time job with a union contractor.
#apprenticeship #skilledtrades #union #baltimore

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Jasmine’s placement not only represents a successful transition into a sustainable construction career, it also contributes to local workforce development goals, including the tunnel project’s 51% local hire goal.

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

Several recent studies ranked Maryland among the worst in the nation when it comes to wage theft.

The bill, cross-filed as SB 60, will now need to get voted out of the Senate Finance Cmt to continue to move forward. That committee held a hearing on the the bill in Jan.

[Balt-DC Metro Building Trades Council @DMVUnionTrades]

#ANNAPOLIS UPDATE: In a floor vote today, the MD House voted by a more than 2-1 majority to approve HB 299, a bill that would give the state more tools to fight worker misclassification & workplace fraud, all of which can result in #wagetheft.
#union #MDpolitics