About Us

About Us

OUR ORGANIZATION:

The Pennsylvania State Building & Construction Trades Council is made up of 16 Regional Council and more than 115 local unions from 15 International Building Trades Unions.  To find out more about each local union affiliate as well as our State Associations and our local Building Trades Councils, visit the Affiliates page.

Our local unions come from the following Internationals:

• International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers 
• International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers 
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers 
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters 
• International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers 
• International Union of Elevator Constructors 
• International Union of Operating Engineers 
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades 
• Laborers International Union of North America 
• Operative Plasterers and Cement Mason's International Union 
• Sheet Metal Workers International Association 
• United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada 
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America 
• United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers 

To learn more click the links below:

• Boilermakers
• Brickmasons & Blockmasons
• Carpenters
• Carpet Installers
• Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers
• Construction Carpenters
• Construction Laborers
• Drywall & Ceiling Tile Installers
• Electricians
• Elevator Installers & Repairers
• Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, & Hard Tiles
• Floor Sanders & Finishers
• Glaziers
• Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
• Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, & Wall
• Insulation Workers, Mechanical
• Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators
• Painters, Construction & Maintenance
• Paperhangers
• Pile-Driver Operators
• Pipe Fitters & Steamfitters
• Pipelayers
• Plasterers & Stucco Masons
• Plumbers
• Reinforcing Iron & Rebar Workers
• Roofers
• Rough Carpenters
• Sheet Metal Workers
• Stonemasons
• Structural Iron & Steel Workers
• Tapers
• Terrazzo Workers & Finishers
• Tile & Marble Setters