Weekly Newsletter

The mission of ABC WPA is to be the leading authority in the construction industry by:

• Promoting, protecting, and defending free enterprise in construction;
• Promoting, protecting, and defending principled competition for our members;
• Providing education and training opportunities;
• Expanding business development opportunities.

We strive for excellence by providing valuable resources and services in a professional, knowledgeable and timely manner through our dedication and commitment to the construction industry and each other. We take pride in protecting, promoting and defending the merit shop philosophy and free enterprise system.

ABC is the leading organizations representing America’s merit shop construction industry with 69 Chapters and More Than 21,000 Members Strong.

ABC chapters and training affiliates have 800 apprenticeship, training, safety and management education programs in more than 1,400 locations. ABC members annually invest $1.5 billion in training their workforce.

According to ABC’s Safety Performance Report, ABC STEP Diamond participants were 827% safer than the industry average with an 88% reduction in TRIR rates. ABC is a partner in the Construction Coalition for a Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace.

When ABC signed the Pledge to America’s Workers at the White House in July 2018, it promised to educate and develop at least 500,000 construction workers over the next five years. ABC has already far exceeded that goal with more than 1.1 million course attendees upskilled and educated in 2019 alone.