North America's Building Trades Unions Highlight Need to "Build Bridges Over the Political Divide" at 2015 Legislative Conference

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Media Advisory: More than 2,000 national, state and local labor leaders will gather in Washington, DC April 19-22, 2015 at the Washington Hilton Hotel and Towers for two days of discussions focused on implementing a strategic response to states' efforts to enact legislation that would hamper the economic prospects of skilled craft professionals, as well as contractors, in the construction industry.

WHO: North America's Building Trades Unions
WHAT: 2015 National Legislative Conference
WHEN: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon; Monday, April 20, 2015
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon; Tuesday, April 21, 2015
WHERE:  Washington Hilton & Towers
1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009

The full program is as follows:

SPEAKERS: Monday, April 20, 2015
Thomas F. Farrell, II
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Dominion Resources, Inc.

The Honorable Roy Blunt (R-Missouri)
United States Senator

Dr. Camillo Ricordi
Diabetes Research Institute
University of Miami

The Honorable Muriel Bowser (D)
Mayor
Washington, DC

The Honorable Stacy Abrams (D - District 89)
Georgia State House

The Honorable Anthony Foxx
Secretary - US Department of Transportation

SPEAKERS: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The Honorable Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota)
United States Senate

The Honorable Jeremiah "Jay" Nixon (D-Missouri)
Governor

The Honorable Donald Norcross (D-New Jersey)
United States House of Representatives

General James A. Cartwright
United States Marine Corps – Retired

The Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Florida)
United States House of Representatives

The Honorable Rahm Emanuel (D)
Mayor
Chicago, Illinois

Press Representatives Wishing to Attend Should Contact Tom Owens at [email protected].

ABOUT NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS:
North America's Building Trades Unions is an alliance of 14 national and international unions in the building and construction industry that collectively represents over 3 million skilled craft professionals in the United States and Canada. Each year, our unions and our signatory contractor partners invest over $1 billion in private sector money to fund and operate over 1,900 apprenticeship training and education facilities across North America that produce the safest, most highly trained and productive skilled craft workers found anywhere in the world.

www.BCTD.org
www.Facebook.com/NorthAmericasBuildingTradesUnions
www.twitter.com/@BldgTrdsUnions

Media Contact:
Tom Owens
202-756-4623
Email

SOURCE North America's Building Trades Unions

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