HOLLYWOOD, FL — Members of the United Association (UA), the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA), and the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) gathered here recently for the 2002 MCAA/UA Labor Relations Conference.
Ed Sullivan and Joe Maloney with the Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD) presented an update on recent building trades developments and new labor/ management initiatives. Maloney then joined MCAA immediate past president Smitty Belcher, the UA’s George Bliss, and Gen. Matthew Caulfield for a panel discussion on Helmets to Hardhats, the UA/MCAA program that targets recently discharged military personnel for high-skilled apprenticeship training in the building trades.