Building Trades Policy Priorities
2018-2019
Good Jobs to Support Minnesota Communities
- Support and enhance Prevailing Wage
- Ensure workplace safety and health protections
- Stop Wage Theft
- Protect the right to organize and collectively bargain
- Oppose anti-union legislation in all its forms
Strong Industries and Infrastructure Investment
- Support sustainable and long-term funding for infrastructure, transportation and transit
- Encourage a diverse mix of energy sources
- Support investment in pipeline infrastructure
- Move the mining industry forward
- Support the Southwest and the Bottineau light rail lines
Growing Minnesota’s Construction Workforce
- Support and enhance Registered Apprenticeship
- Support diversity and inclusion in the construction industry
- Support the Minnesota Trades Academy
- Support the Minnesota Helmets to Hardhats Program