05/15/2026
Knoxville Building & Construction Trades Council
The Knoxville Building & Construction Trades Council (KBCTC) is made up of 16 individual construction craft unions.
KBCTC is composed of the following affiliated crafts:
Boilermakers Local 454
Bricklayers Local 8 Southeast
Carpenters Local 50
Cement Masons Local 148
Electrical Workers Local 270 (Oak Ridge)
Electrical Workers Local 760 (Knoxville)
Electrical Workers Local 934 (Johnson City)
Insulators Local 46
Iron Workers Local 384
Laborers Local 818
Millwrights Local 1554
Operating Engineers Local 917
Painter
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05/15/2026
The Nuclear Energy Institute projects that 236,000 workers will be needed nationally to manufacture, construct and operate advanced reactors through 2035. https://www.wate.com/news/local-news/oak-ridge-summit-focuses-on-building-nuclear-energys-future-workforce/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WATE_6_On_Your_Side
05/15/2026
05/11/2026
CALLING ALL BUILDING TRADES MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS:
Join us for our third all day informational picket of Kairos Power and Barnard Construction this Friday, May 15th, any time between 5:30 AM and 5:00 PM at the intersection of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Perimeter Road.
Help us call on Kairos and Barnard to do the right thing and come back to the table for a fair Project Labor Agreement on the Hermes reactor project – and more quality Building Trades union jobs, benefits, and safety for our community.
05/11/2026
Great career fair at Midway high school! Apprentice Gabe Burnette did awesome today!
05/07/2026
KBCTC Insulator, Iron Worker, and Sheet Metal Worker brothers on the line this morning. Operating Engineers holding down the other location 💪
05/07/2026
Great job today at the Cumberland Gap high school career fair brothers Donnie, Teddy and Joseph Meyers!
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