BAC Code of Conduct: A Commitment to Quality, Dependability, and Value

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Statement #5: ‘Committed’

Statement #5 states that members, contractors, and officers will “always be Committed to growing the unionized masonry-trowel trades industry for current and future generations.”

Members

1. Promote the positive aspects of a career in the unionized masonry-trowel trades industry to potential members and non-union workers.
2. Assist and support their Local’s organizing initiatives.
3. Become informed of the many benefits available through the Union by taking part in Local/Chapter meetings and activities, and by reading Union communications and publications.

Contractors

1. Be willing to sell the union-advantage to non-union contractors to help increase the unionized masonry-trowel trades industry’s share of the market.
2. Participate in labor-management committee meetings to promote the growth of the unionized masonry-trowel trades industry.
3. Work with the Local’s Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee to match recruitment targets to projected workforce needs.
4. Be willing to bid on new types of masonry and other trowel trades work to secure more work for the unionized masonry-trowel trades industry.

Local Officers

1. Develop and implement an organizing plan that includes steps to promote the advantages of using materials installed by BAC members and their signatory contractors.
2. Educate members on the importance of growing the unionized masonry-trowel trades industry’s share of the market.
3. Work with the Local Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee to match recruitment targets to projected workforce needs.
4. Encourage signatory contractors to bid on new types of masonry and other trowel trades work, and members to participate in training programs on new materials and equipment, in order to secure more work for the unionized masonry-trowel trades industry.
5. Educate members on the numerous benefits they receive through the Union, for example, training, good wages, pensions and health & welfare benefits.