Mayfair Middle School’s CTE program, run by Mr. Evin Jarrett, is the only Building Trades Program for middle school students in the City of Philadelphia. From The Philadelphia Inquirer:
There is a growing need in the construction industry to supply the pipeline with new talent — in the trades, site supervision, project management, estimating, support roles, etc. As
On May 25, 2023, Greg Laska, Vice President Operations at Graboyes Commercial Window and Glass Solutions, visited students in Mayfair Middle School’s Career Technical Education (CTE) program. Greg appeared
Cyndie Williams, Executive Director of the Carpenter Contractor Trust, recent shared an op-ed highlighting how supporting union construction is supporting jobs for American workers. From Newsweek: American taxpayers need
Photo by: Tom Gralish Philadelphia’s building trades unions are working to increase the number of young women and people of color entering the trades. From partnerships with high schools,
Congratulations to the first graduating class of the Preservation Trades Center’s Carpentry Academy! Hosted at Eastern State Penitentiary and co-hosted by Rebuild Philadelphia, this 6-week, paid pre-apprentice program was
The NAWIC Philadelphia Foundation is presenting its award-winning Block Kids Program on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 Hall in Philadelphia. The competition is for
GBCA is partnering with 6abc.com to air our 2022 We are GBCA video campaign. The 30-second pre-roll commercials feature introductions by 6abc host Gina Gannon and will air for the
On Wednesday, June 21, 2022, GBCA’s Marketing & Communications department visited the Eastern State Penitentiary’s Preservation Trades Center (PTC) – a 4-week, paid, hands-on, masonry pre-apprentice training program. In
William Griffin III, a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 union, had the honor of introducing Vice President Kamala Harris when she recently spoke in Philadelphia about the
