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ELECTED OFFICIALS VISIT
TRI-STATE CARPENTERS
TRAINING CENTERS
In December, various elected o cials toured NRCC’s Training Centers in Pennsylvania and Maryland to learn about the state-of-the-art training provided to our Union Carpenters.
On December 6th, 2017, Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Ben Jealous received a tour of the Baltimore Training Center, located at 1407 Rome Road.
On December 7th, Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes (District-7) received an in-depth tour of the Northeast Philadelphia Training Center, located at 10401 Decatur Road in Philadelphia.
Then on December 14th, Pennsylvania State Assemblywoman Morgan Cephas (District-192) and Assemblyman Jason Dawkins (District-179) received a tour of the Northeast Philadelphia Training Center.
On January 16th, U.S. Senator Bob Casey visited the Philadelphia Training Center for a tour the facility. During his visit, Senator Casey spoke to members about the importance of training skilled Carpenters throughout the state: “The work you do is critical to our economy and our country," he said. "We can’t have a strong country without a strong economy.”
During the tours, NRCC sta talked to o cials about the good paying jobs and bene ts provided to Union carpenters, highlighted key workers’ rights issues in Maryland and Pennsylvania and educated o cials about the signi cant amount of charitable activities our carpenters are involved in throughout the Northeast.
“These tours are a great way to educate elected o cials about our Union,” said Mungu Sanchez, NRCC Deputy Political Director. “Each o cial was very impressed with the amount of state-of-the-art training that we provide to our apprentices and how they can earn on the job while they learn their new trade.”
U.S. SENATOR BOB CASEY (RIGHT) VISITED THE PHILADELPHIA TRAINING CENTER AND TOURED THE FACILITY.
MARYLAND GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE BEN JEALOUS (RIGHT) VISITED THE MID-ATLANTIC CARPENTERS TRAINING CENTER
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