WV Building & Construction Trades

We are proud to have sponsored The Council of State Governments 2024 Southern Legislative Conference & the WV Night reception!

⚠️ Together, we can all showcase what West Virginia has to offer — such as our highly skilled workforce.

Also, thank you to Governor Jim Justice for bringing Babydog to our event!

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 🎇

Proud of our members’ work that helped make this a reality. The MVP is a win for West Virginia and American energy as a whole.

Gas flowing through the Mountain Valley Pipeline - WV MetroNews Operations began Friday.

Fred Chandler, Business Manager for Charleston Building and Construction Trades Council, and Luther Lasure, Executive Director of the Kanawha Valley Builders Association (right), presented our CEO Chris Rawlings with a check for $8,500 today from their recent KVBA Labor-Management Golf Scramble. The annual golf event celebrated 30 years this year, and HospiceCare has been the recipient of the event’s fundraising efforts for 22 of those years! We are incredibly grateful for the WV State Building Trades’ continued generous support, which has totaled $114,500 since 2002.

IBEW Local 317 opens new training facility in Huntington The new training facility has equipment ranging from full scale power poles to setups designed to teach basic and advanced techniques about wire pulling.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our construction industry conference last week. Together, we will build a brighter future for our state.

Importance of construction trades to economic development highlighted at Morgantown (West Virginia) conference MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — When a new project or investment is announced in West Virginia, the first to feel its positive economic impacts are the state’s construction workers, laborers

✅ VOTE ✅

⚠️Early Voting: May 1st - May 11th
🗳️ ELECTION DAY: May 14th

Find your polling location: www.GoVoteWV.com

Today is the big day, the WV Building and Construction Conference is here! We invite you to bring your ideas and questions to discuss with the best and brightest industry leaders in West Virginia. Together, we will build a foundation that will improve the lives of West Virginians from across the state. We can’t wait to see you today!

Building Trades members are getting out the vote all over the state!!

Today, WVBCT members knocked doors for House candidate Debbie Deweese in Putnam County.

As we get closer to the WV Building and Construction Conference, we would like to thank all of our Foundation Sponsors for their support! Thank you WV Women Work, Inc., Parkersburg-Marietta Contractors Association, BAC Local 23 OH WV KY, EDF Renewables North America,Nitro Construction Services, Stevens Engineers & Constructors, Millwrights Local Union #443, Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie PLLC, and Construction Employers Association of North Central WV for helping make the conference possible.

Thank you WV Pipe Trades and EQT for being Builder Sponsors of the WV Building & Construction Conference. We are excited to see you next week!

Today, WVBCT leaders met with state representatives on Capitol Hill to discuss:

✅ Permitting Reform
✅ Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
✅ Inflation Reduction Act
✅ Hydrogen Hub
✅ Other energy and infrastructure issues

Thank you WV Laborers' District Council - WVLDC for being a Blueprint Sponsor of the upcoming WV Building and Construction Conference! LiUNA will host the conference's welcome reception at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place on April 29!

Thank you to Hope Gas for being a Blueprint Sponsor of the WV Building and Construction Conference. We are thrilled to have Hope Gas CEO Morgan O'Brien serve as our keynote speaker!

You can still register to attend here: https://www.wvtrades.org/event/conference/building-west-virginias-future-together/

Let your voice be heard!

April 23rd is the last day to register to vote. Use the link below to register to vote and to view endorsements.

https://www.iuoe132.org/political-info/

Today, the WVBCT endorsed Moore Capito for Governor of West Virginia.

Moore stands for…
⚠️ More Jobs for Local Workers

⚠️ Promoting apprenticeship programs

⚠️ Improving jobsite & public safety standards

⚠️ West Virginia Energy Independence

✅ Moore Capito is the right choice for WV.

Early voting: May 1 - May 11
🗳️ ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, May 14

"One Piece at a Time: Building West Virginia's Healthcare Facilities" will be an important discussion on the future of healthcare development moderated by WV First Foundation Chairman Matt Harvey. We hope will you will join us at the WV Building & Construction Conference! For more information, please visit https://www.wvtrades.org/event/conference/building-west-virginias-future-together/

The WV Building and Construction Conference will feature two breakout panel discussions during the afternoon of April 30. Max Gottlieb of Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie PLLC will moderate, "The Road Ahead: Build West Virginia's Infrastructure." For more information on our panelists and to register for the conference, please visit https://www.wvtrades.org/event/conference/building-west-virginias-future-together/

Today, WV Governor candidate Moore Capito spoke with WVBCT leaders about infrastructure, energy, & workforce issues.

We are excited to announce our panelists for the West Virginia Building and Construction Conference's first panel, "An All-of-the-Above Approach: Building West Virginia's Energy Portfolio!" Moderated by Bryan Brown of Brown Communications LLC, we will kick off the conference with a great discussion on expanding West Virginia's energy portfolio with a number of industry experts.

For more information on our panelists, please visit:
https://www.wvtrades.org/event/conference/building-west-virginias-future-together/

We are pleased to announce that Hope Gas CEO Morgan O'Brien will serve as the keynote speaker of the upcoming WV Building and Construction Conference! We hope that you will join us a the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place for the all-day conference on April 30.

For more information on the conference and registration, please visit https://www.wvtrades.org/event/conference/building-west-virginias-future-together/

We are thrilled to announce our second breakout panel of the conference, titled ‘One Piece at a Time: Building West Virginia’s Healthcare Facilities’. Our attendees will receive insights from healthcare executives at the forefront of West Virginia’s effort to expand access to medical facilities. This movement calls for an ever-increasing number of construction jobs each year!

Our first breakout panel, 'The Road Ahead: Building West Virginia’s Infrastructure', will explore our state’s new opportunities for construction job creation through vast infrastructure improvements and expansions. Stay tuned as we announce our panelists for this discussion!

Be sure to book your stay at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place for the WV Building and Construction Conference!

To access the conference’s group rate, please visit https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1706299403570&key=GRP&app=resvlink

As the event draws closer, we want to remind you that registration to attend the WV Building and Construction Conference closes on April 12. We invite you to join us on April 29 for a welcome reception before the conference begins the following morning.! To register, please visit https://www.wvtrades.org/event/conference/building-west-virginias-future-together/

Last night, lawmakers passed a freeze to unemployment with NO CUTS to benefits.

The law will freeze the maximum weekly benefit at $662 and the tax on employers at the first $9500 of each employee’s wages.

www.wvlegislature.gov The Committee on Finance moves to amend the committee amendment to the bill on page one, following the enacting clause, by striking out the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

HB5435 the Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Nontraditional Degree (STAND) Program passed the Senate and now heads to the Governor’s desk to become law.

The program will cover the tuition costs for apprentices and journeyworkers in the trades to receive associate degrees from local community and technical colleges.

Build Nations Conference

What a day so far at Tradeswomen Build Nations! Shoutout to all of this year's incredible attendees for creating such an amazing environment 💪

You are trailblazers and role models. YOU reflect what we honor and love about our unions.