Building Trades News

Union crews have been hard at work for nearly two years constructing the new state-of-the-art Nokia Theater at LA Live which is scheduled to open in mid-October.

The 7,100 seat, 260,000-square-feet $100 million project is part of the larger $1.7 billion LA Live development that will cover 28 acres around Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

If Approved, Project Would Be Built Under a Project Labor Agreement

Officials from the city of Garden Grove are in talks with members of the Gabrielino-Tongva Indian tribe regarding building a casino resort in what is being envisioned as the entertainment hub of the city-designated resort area on Harbor Boulevard.

Five Unions File Unfair Competition Lawsuit Against Redevelopment Project in Downtown Los Angeles

By Roy San Filippo
Staff Writer

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By Gary Phillips
Contributing Writer

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$450 Million, 914-Megawatt Plant Would be So Cal’s Most Efficient

By Roy San Filippo
Staff Writer

Craft unions are fighting for the construction of a new 13.7-acre, $450 million power plant in the City of Vernon. If approved the 914-megawatt plant could begin operating at the corner of Fruitland and Boyle avenues by the summer of 2009. The LA/OC Building Trades Council is negotiating with the City for a Project Labor Agreement that includes the maintenance work for the life of the plant. The project would create 266 jobs for two years for the crafts who will be building the facility. Approximately $85 million has been estimated for labor costs to construct the power plant. Representatives from UA 250, IBEW 11, Ironworkers 433, and Laborers 300 have been fixtures at local hearings.