North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU)

North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) is the trade name of the Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), a division of the AFL-CIO responsible for managing the interaction of AFL-CIO-affiliated building trades unions, settling organizing disputes between unions, and representing construction unions as a bloc for advocacy and employer-relations purposes. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Labor Union, National/International Union
Issue Areas: Labor Policy
Website: nabtu.org
Location: Washington, DC View on map
Tax ID: 53-0025755
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $20,370,433 Revenue: $16,018,832 Expenses: $15,806,900

Activities

In April 2024, NABTU announced they would be endorsing president Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign. In a statement, NABTU president Sean McGarvey claimed, “no elected official has shown our members and their families more respect than President Joe Biden,” 1 and that president Biden, “has demonstrated his laser-like focus on not only rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure and manufacturing sector but rebuilding the American middle class itself.” 1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $20,370,433 $16,018,832 $15,806,900 View
2023 $18,769,747 $15,894,078 $14,957,273 View
2022 $19,763,602 $14,931,827 $13,588,098 View
2021 $18,967,530 $13,723,661 $13,033,058 View
2020 $17,494,630 $14,527,097 $13,078,488 View

Revenue Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 39

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Sean McGarveyPRESIDENT$640,874
Brandon BishopSECRETARY/TREASURER$542,543
Michael MonroeCHIEF OF STAFF$414,371
Daniel PedrottyDIRECTOR OF CAPITAL STRATE$316,097
Martin HelmsEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HELM$310,807
Kevin AdkissonDIRECTOR OF FIELD SERVICES$287,312
James BrewerDIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFF$274,715
Frank ChristensenVICE PRESIDENT$2,419
Mark McManusVICE PRESIDENT$2,419
Terry M LarkinVICE PRESIDENT$2,412
Timothy DriscollVICE PRESIDENT$2,410
James HadelVICE PRESIDENT$2,393
James T CallahanVICE PRESIDENT$1,921
Jimmy Williams JRVICE PRESIDENT$1,919
Kevin SextonVICE PRESIDENT$1,919
Sean O'BrienVICE PRESIDENT$1,423
Kenneth CooperVICE PRESIDENT$923
Michael ColemanVICE PRESIDENT$423
Eric DeanVICE PRESIDENT$414
Brent D BookerVICE PRESIDENT$410
Warren FairleyVICE PRESIDENT$99

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $449,426
  • Number of Grants: 4
  • Number of Funders: 3

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$270,1262023 High-Road Construction Defense FundSUPPORT TO DEFRAY LEGAL COSTS
$150,0002023 Nuclear Power Labor Management Cooperation Committee TrustCONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP
$22,0002024 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan IncAlly Sponsorship At Event-nabtu Conference Fund
$7,3002023 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc2023 Nabtu Conference Registration

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References

1. Pino, Dominic. “Building Trades Unions Endorse Biden. April 24, 2024. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/building-trades-unions-endorse-biden/