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Building trades tell Richmond councils apprenticeships can lead to living-wage careers
Summary
The Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council told the RNCC on March 9 that apprenticeship pathways and local-hire agreements connect training programs (Richmond Build, Youth Build, Kennedy High) to jobs on public projects; union representatives encouraged residents to consider career-track apprenticeships.
Tim Sabbrranny, introduced at the RNCC meeting as executive director of the Contra Costa Building Construction Trades Council, told neighborhood leaders the council represents 20 affiliated trade unions and promotes apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship training as paths to stable, middle-class careers.
“We are about careers, careers, careers,” Sabbrranny said, outlining apprenticeship pipelines, partnerships with Richmond Build and Youth Build, and a nonprofit training arm (CTWI) that prepares candidates for entry into union programs. He said the council has been working with local partners to place apprentices on larger public projects…
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