California Forever, the Napa\/Solano Building Trades Council, and Northern California Carpenters Union sign the largest construction labor agreement in history<\/p>\n
For over a century, California has been more than a state. We\u2019ve been a promise. A symbol. A dare\u2014to dream big, and to build even bigger. From the shipyards of the Bay Area to the studios of Hollywood, from rockets in the Mojave to microchips in Silicon Valley, California didn\u2019t just imagine the future, we built it.<\/p>\n
Today, we\u2019re reviving that spirit.<\/p>\n
California Forever, the Napa\/Solano Building Trades Council, and Northern California Carpenters Union have signed the largest construction labor agreement in history to build the next great American city, and lay the foundation for the next 100 years of California\u2019s promise.<\/p>\n
The 40-year labor agreement covers all of the almost 70,000 acres owned by California Forever (approx. 110 square miles). It mandates that the majority of construction\u2014including all infrastructure, public works, major commercial, office, retail, industrial, defense, and energy projects\u2014be built using union labor through individual Project Labor Agreements.<\/p>\n
Rising on 100 square miles in Solano County, halfway between Silicon Valley and Sacramento, the city will include America\u2019s largest advanced manufacturing park, its largest shipyard, and the first walkable city built in a century.<\/p>\n
The Bay Area Council Economic Institute<\/a> conducted an in-depth analysis of the economic and fiscal impact of the Suisun Expansion Plan and the Solano Shipyard, which was also released today. The report<\/a> estimated that once ramped up, construction for both projects will create over 17,000 direct construction jobs in Solano County each year during the 40 year build out, with the majority of these jobs being union, paying an $108,000 in average annual compensation.<\/p>\n For union workers, this is about more than numbers: \u201cThis isn\u2019t just a construction project; it\u2019s a multi-generational promise to the working families of Solano County,\u201d said Danny Bernardini of the Napa-Solano Building Trades Council. <\/p>\n Ron Rowlett of the Northern California Carpenters commented, \u201cThis is a project where a worker can start as an apprentice, work their entire career, and retire\u2014all while living in the community they helped build. This agreement sets a new national gold standard for how private investment and organized labor can work together to build a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n As Jan Sramek, founder & CEO of California Forever, put it: \u201cFor the last 150 years, California has been the place where dreamers and builders came to build the future\u2014and with it, the middle class. As the grandson of steelworkers and farmworkers, and the son of a mechanic and a school teacher, I could not be more proud of this historic partnership between American business and labor to build the next great American city.\u201d<\/p>\n The land is ready. What\u2019s needed now is approval to move forward\u2014and the chance to break ground in 2026.<\/p>\n California has done this before, and we can do it again.<\/p>\n
The plans are ready.
The workers are ready.<\/p>\n