SALUTE
TO LABOR
APMC AND NCMCA / UA LOCAL # 447
A SALUTE TO PARTNERSHIP
The term “ professionals ” often elicits thoughts of college graduates , and not necessarily the skilled tradespeople providing essential services that ensure our daily lives run smoothly . Members of UA Local 447 Labor Union are working to change that mindset by providing access to education and working to strengthen relationships among labor , management , and their contractors .
“ Our employees are our greatest asset and the working relationship between labor and management enables us to achieve our mutual goals ,” says Michael Avakian , Sacramento Construction Sales Manager at ACCO Engineered Systems . “ We work together to enrich work life experiences and spend as much time nurturing a new way of relating to one another as we do resolving conflicts .”
Local 447 , along with their contractor members and other trade partners , works tirelessly to bring construction technology back to middle- and highschool classrooms . One example is Rosemont High School ’ s Engineering , Construction & Design Academy , which has exceeded enrollment goals and continues to add to its robust curriculum .
“ A hurdle we face is recruitment of our next generation of the construction workforce ,” says Andrew Booth , P . E ., mechanical engineer at Frank M . Booth , Inc . “ Fortunately , labor and management are working together to solve our future workforce needs . A good example is the recent success of Rosemont High School ’ s Engineering , Construction & Design Academy .”
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