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Memphis & West Tennessee Building & Construction Trades Council
(BCTC) • Founded 1908
The Memphis & West Tennessee Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, is the regional council representing skilled construction trade unions across Memphis and West Tennessee. The Council unites affiliated locals — electricians, plumbers, ironworkers, sheet metal workers, painters, laborers, operating engineers, carpenters, bricklayers, roofers, and other skilled construction crafts — to advance fair wages, safe job sites, world-class apprenticeship programs, and project labor agreements that lift up the entire region's building economy.
- Apprenticeship programs (free to apprentice, paid while you learn)
- OSHA-10 / OSHA-30 safety training
- Project Labor Agreement (PLA) coverage
- Pre-job conference jurisdictional assignment
- Family healthcare & pension benefits
- Drug-free workforce certification
- Grievance representation
- Collective bargaining support
Who We Are
Chartered under the AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Department, the Memphis & West Tennessee Building & Construction Trades Council brings together every union craft on a Memphis job site under one banner. We've represented skilled construction workers in West Tennessee for more than a century — from the post-WWII boom to today's data centers, hospitals, stadiums, and infrastructure projects.
Our Role
The Council's role is jurisdictional coordination, political advocacy, and member protection. We negotiate and enforce Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), run pre-job conferences to assign trades fairly, oversee joint apprenticeship & training committees (JATCs), advocate for prevailing-wage and responsible-contracting laws, and stand together when any one of our affiliated locals is in a fight. When you see a union job site in Memphis, the Council helped make it happen.
What Members Get
Affiliated members get the full backing of every craft on this Council — world-class apprenticeships (free to the apprentice, paid while you learn), OSHA-10 / OSHA-30 safety training, family healthcare and pension benefits, drug-free workforce certification, organizing support, grievance representation, and a clear pathway from helper to journeyworker to foreman to retiree.
The Tri-State Apprenticeship Resource Guide is published by the Memphis & West Tennessee Building & Construction Trades Council. It connects workers across the Mid-South with registered apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades — programs that offer high wages, health insurance, pensions, and job protection through union membership.
Building a career path to a bright future for the Mid-South since 1906. Apprenticeships let you earn while you learn — graduating debt-free with industry-recognized credentials.
Recurring meeting schedule and upcoming events will be posted here as soon as the Council confirms the 2026 calendar.
Members can call the Council office at 901-368-0900 or email President Brandon Osbahr to get added to the meeting notification list.
What is a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) — and why every public dollar should require one
March 1, 2026
PLAs ensure that public construction dollars create middle-class jobs with real benefits, real apprenticeships, and real safety standards. Here's the primer on how a PLA works and why the Building Trades fight for one on every major project.
Apprentice to Journeyworker — the 4-year pathway with no student debt
February 12, 2026
Union construction apprenticeships pay you a working wage from day one, give you healthcare and pension benefits, and graduate you debt-free into a six-figure career. Here's how to apply across the Memphis Building Trades.
Why the Building Trades back Davis-Bacon and prevailing-wage laws
January 24, 2026
Prevailing-wage laws stop a race-to-the-bottom on public works projects and ensure that taxpayer dollars build a skilled, well-paid, drug-free workforce — not a transient one. We break down the Davis-Bacon Act and Tennessee's prevailing-wage rules.
Dues
Through affiliated trade unions
Membership Requirements
Skilled construction trade workers in West Tennessee
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Multiple affiliated trade unions
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee
Founded
1908
