Current and upcoming work opportunities in Texas and Oklahoma include those listed below. If you are interested in any of these projects, make sure you are on the ready-to-work list. Contact your business representative for more information.
Locals 216, 1836, and 71 held an all-in-one event at the Russellville, Arkansas, training center in December that included a holiday dinner, apprenticeship graduation, member-pinning ceremony, and retirement celebration. Click here to see more photos from the event.
The December toy drive, organized by Sisters in the Brotherhood leaders Shanta Prude and Elizabeth Amonson, was a huge success. Members and staff provided more than 200 toys, which were donated to Toys for Tots in Houston. Thank you to all those who made the holiday brighter for families in need.
Click here to check out highlights from the December 2024 CSC Delegate Meeting in New Orleans.
The U.S. Department of Labor has recognized the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Military Veterans Program as one of 839 recipients of the 2024 HIRE Vets Medallion Award. The UBC MVP Program earned the platinum award for large employers.
Union Millwrights recently completed a multi-year project installing a baggage handling system at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. This high-tech system is the first of its kind in the United States.
Information about our solar work and a Texas paperboard project both Carpenters and Millwrights are working on can be read in the Southern District Spotlight on pages 18 and 19 of the December Carpenter magazine. Click the link and check it out!
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) announced today its support of the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division’s final rule on determining employee and independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Central South Carpenters helped build a house Sergeant Maverick and his two daughters can call home near San Antonio, TX. We feel privileged to be part of this incredible project in collaboration with Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors.
In April 2023, Graphic Packaging broke ground with their second facility that will leverage the industry’s most modern technology to produce recycled paperboard.
