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Season 3, Episode 258

Saavedra: Unions provide viable pathway to the middle class

Southern Nevada BCTC

 

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Vince Saavedra

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Southern Nevada Building Trades Union’s (SNBTU) Executive Secretary-Treasurer Vince Saavedra joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the generational change unions provide working families as a pathway out of poverty and into the middle class.

He explained how a first-year apprentice needs six months of wages to bring a family of four out of poverty. Saavedra talked about the opportunities unions provide and advocated for the implementation of Community Work Force Agreements. These agreements stipulate 30 percent of a project’s workforce be from the community in which it is located. 

He then spoke about the opportunities unions provide women, but acknowledged childcare can often be a roadblock. Saavedra said he is currently working with Nevada legislators to craft legislation that would provide childcare to all registered apprenticeships in Nevada to help fill this need.

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