2023 TWBN Conference sets attendance record

The North America’s Building Trades Unions’ annual Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference shattered its attendance record from the previous year. The 13th annual event was held from Dec. 1-3 in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Hilton Hotel. More than 4,000 people attended, including over 3,700 union tradeswomen.

Community, Education, North American Buildin..., Organized LaborCBCTC GenDecember 4, 2023TWBN, NABTU, Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference, Sean McGarvey, Rep- Nancy Pelosi, Liz Schuler, AFL-CIO, US Department of Labor, Julie Su, IUPAT, Jimmy Williams, Jr.

Shuler laments need for ‘Deaths on the Job’ Report

Holding a copy of this year’s AFL-CIO Deaths On the Job Report, an angry federation President Liz Shuler had a blunt message for the nation’s employers. “This report should not have to exist …These pages should be blank,” she said. Shuler joined a large crowd in the U.S. Labor Department’s main auditorium to honor the 5,190 workers killed on the job in 2021, the latest federal data available, which is what the AFL-CIO uses for its annual report

Construction Projects, Organized Labor, SafetyCBCTC GenMay 2, 2023OSHA, jobsite safety, safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Women at Work, Liz Schuler

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