The following is taken from a letter written on February 4, 2005, by Edward C. Sullivan, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, addressed to the 15 Vice Presidents of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. Those presidents represent the following International unions:

· International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing 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 Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada
· 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

Dear President _______:

…The AFL-CIO, some Building Trades Councils, and individual unions have used the Union Jobs Clearinghouse to advertise for applicants for jobs within the labor movement. [Union Jobs Clearinghouse] also receives a significant number of inquiries from construction workers seeking journeyperson or apprenticeship opportunities.

Union Jobs Clearinghouse may be a useful way for your international union and its locals to advertise for apprenticeship openings and work opportunities. A more detailed description of these services is contained in the enclosed documents.

With kind personal regards, I am

Sincerely and fraternally,

 

Edward C. Sullivan
President