ICYMI: International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Endorses Joe Biden

Today, the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC), announced its endorsement of Joe Biden for President of the United States. BAC International President Tim Driscoll said Joe Biden is “a true believer in unions and their right to organize and bargain collectively on behalf of working people in America.”
 
BAC issued the following press release:


Today the Executive Board of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) endorsed Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United States of America.
 
“Vice President Biden has been a stalwart supporter of the labor movement and working people his entire career,” said BAC International President Tim Driscoll. “He is a true believer in unions and their right to organize and bargain collectively on behalf of working people in America. He has demonstrated his commitment to protecting workers’ right to join a union and those unions’ right to effectively advocate for safe workplaces and fair wages.  Critically important during this global pandemic, Vice President Biden has a proven record of defending and expanding access to healthcare, and he has fought to protect the pensions and retirement security that our members have spent decades deferring wages to create.” 
 
“Times are tough in this country right now.  When times were tough in the Great Recession, Joe Biden worked with a calm and steady hand to successfully bring our economy back from the brink of ruin – with a constant focus on the interests of the hard-working people like our members who make up the middle class.  His career-long support for us has earned him our support in return, and we are proud to stand with him now as we rebuild this country together.”
 
BAC is the oldest continuous union in North America representing over 75,000 active and retired skilled trowel trades craftworkers across the United States and Canada, including bricklayers, stone and marble masons, cement masons, plasterers, tilesetters, terrazzo and mosaic workers, and pointers/ cleaners/caulkers.
 
National unions representing a range of other workers and professions have also endorsed Biden, including AFL-CIO, Pride at Work, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART), the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS), Communications Workers of America, (CWA), American Postal Workers Union (APWU), the United Steelworkers Union (USW), Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union (BCTGM), Transportation Trades Department (TTD), United Farm Workers (UFW), Transport Workers Union (TWU), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) and the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA), International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), United Auto Workers (UAW), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), National Education Association (NEA), International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers (IW), Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Operative Plasterers’ & Cement Masons’ International Association (OPCMIA), and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA).