WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 11, 2026 – Today, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey released the following statement:

 

“NABTU thanks Senators Scott and Warren for their bipartisan effort to address America’s housing crisis while protecting the wages of the men and women who build our homes.

“For decades, low-road contractors in the residential sector have driven down pay for America’s construction workers under the false claim of cutting costs. Lowering costs for homeowners should never fall on the backs of the workers building their homes. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is a step in the right direction because it ensures all construction workers — union and non-union — earn no less than the local prevailing wage on projects funded by this bill.

“Prevailing wage means construction workers can put food on the table, fuel their trucks, and afford to live in the communities where they build. NABTU looks forward to working with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advance prevailing wage and other labor standards to ensure our housing solutions respect the skilled workforce that makes them possible.”

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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 over $2.5 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 vist nabtu.org.