PLAs set uniform wages, prevent strikes and lockouts, keep local dollars local, and ensure projects are completed on time and on budget — a win for workers, contractors, and taxpayers alike.

NWI is primed to become a data center hub. Our skilled union workforce is ready to build this future — and ensure the economic benefits stay in our communities.

RBOs ensure public contracts go to qualified contractors who pay fair wages, invest in training, and maintain safety standards — not just the lowest bidder.

Indiana’s Right to Work law weakens unions, suppresses wages, and hurts all workers. The NWI BCTC continues to fight for its repeal and for workers’ right to organize.

Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is wage theft — cheating workers, undercutting honest contractors, and costing Indiana millions in lost tax revenue.

Our earn-while-you-learn apprenticeship programs produce the safest, most skilled tradespeople in the industry — debt-free pathways to the middle class for anyone willing to do the work.