Washington, DC – November 16, 2025 – Today, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey issued the following statement:

“North America’s Building Trades Unions is devastated by the tragic and senseless murder of Amber Czech, a 20-year-old welder, who was just beginning her career in the trades. Amber exemplified the very best of the construction workforce with her determination, professionalism, and compassion.

“Although Amber was not a NABTU member, her loss is felt profoundly across our union community and the entire construction industry. We mourn with all who knew her and extend our deepest condolences to Amber’s family, friends, and colleagues.

“Violence has no place on our job sites. NABTU unequivocally condemns this horrific act and reaffirms our commitment to creating safe, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Through initiatives like the NABTU RESPECT program and TradesFutures TWBN, we are working to transform jobsite culture by addressing harassment, bullying, and violence head-on, ensuring every worker is treated with dignity and protected from harm.

“Amber’s life and legacy must serve as a call to action. We will honor her memory by redoubling our efforts to make construction sites places of opportunity, safety, and solidarity.”

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Media Contact: Betsy Barrett, (202) 997-3266 | bbarrett@nabtu.org

About NABTU: North America’s Building Trades Unions is an alliance of 14 national and international unions in the building and construction industry collectively representing over 3 million skilled craft professionals in the United States and Canada. Each year, our unions and signatory contractor partners invest almost $2 billion in private-sector money to fund and operate over 1,900 apprenticeship training and education facilities across North America that produce the safest, most highly trained, and most productive, skilled craft workers anywhere in the world. NABTU is dedicated to creating economic security and employment opportunities for its construction workers by safeguarding wage and benefits standards, promoting responsible private capital investments, investing in renowned apprenticeship and training, and creating more construction career pathways to the middle class for women, communities of color, Indigenous people, veterans, and the justice-involved. For more information, please visit nabtu.org.