Local 913 & The San Francisco Building Trades has been working with City Build & Webcore to develop an all-female pre apprenticeship called Sista’s with the Tools. Their director Rashaida Nirobe works tirelessly to ensure the participants get the highest level of training available to prepare them for the job. This program is NABTU accredited and MC3(multi craft core curriculum) certified, which means it gives its graduated at direct pipeline to Union apprenticeships like our own.  The second part of this year was Sista’s with the Tools 2^nd cohort graduating 5 pre apprentices ready to get into the trades with First aid & OSHA certs along with a few others. Over the past months they have been in class everyday taught by certified instructors getting real world experience with tools and jobsites. They also toured a number of Union Apprentice facilities including our own in San Leandro. 

Local 913 held a toy drive at our December Membership Meeting to benefit the Bayview Hunters Point D-10 Local Contractors Toy Drive Gala. Anyone who brought a toy to the meeting was entered into a special raffle to win a $100 dollar gift card. Our members turned out to produce a good amount of toys to donate on the locals behalf to brighten some families holiday. Come to the Meeting on the First Wednesday of every month at 6pm, at the hall at 1620 Folsom Street in San Francisco. Please note that the January meeting has been cancelled due to it falling on New Years Day.

Work Continues at in the Sunnydale Neighborhood Revitalization in San Francisco. All our crafts are represented throughout the projects. Below are photos from Block A&B with photos of two Valdez painters working on intumescent Fire Coating on a pedestrian bridge.

Treasure Island is another hot spot for work in the city right now. A number of projects are underway with more work on the horizon with a multi year plan to redevelop the island. Below is a photo of a Maskers Paperhanger installing wall paper at the Hawkins apartment building, along with a photo of Hawkins with the Tidal House Tower in the background.