The Carpenter Contractor Trust (CCT) recently launched a redesigned website at cctmarketing.org that gives contractors, developers and policymakers a single destination to explore the value of the union carpenter workforce across the Eastern Atlantic States.
The new site consolidates CCT's growing library of resources into one place. Visitors can:
- Browse a full collection of one-pagers covering topics from apprenticeship programs to project labor agreements.
- Take a virtual tour nine training centers across the Mid-Atlantic States. These tours are especially helpful for anyone interested in becoming an apprentice.
- Watch original video features, including the Contractor Spotlight series profiling signatory contractors and the union carpenters who work alongside them.
- Follow and listen to the Labor Lounge, CCT’s monthly podcast co-hosted Cyndie Williams, executive director of the CCT, and Anthony Abrantes, assistant executive secretary-treasurer for the Eastern Atlantic State Regional Council of Carpenters.
“This site is built to make it easy for anyone to see the full scope of what union carpenters and their contractor partners deliver,” Williams said. “Whether someone is looking for a one-pager to bring into a meeting or an episode of the Labor Lounge to listen to on a job site, we wanted all of it in one place.”
The new site, which is optimized for all platform and devices, also connects visitors to CCT’s full network of advocacy websites, each built to advance union construction on a specific front:
- EAS Carpenters, the home of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
- Find a Union Contractor, a directory connecting developers with union-signatory contractors
- What Is a PLA, an educational resource on project labor agreements
- EAS Data Centers, covering the union workforce behind mission-critical data center construction
- Responsible Wind Energy, focused on union labor in offshore and onshore wind projects
- Separations Act, tracking Pennsylvania's public construction bidding law
“Each of these sites tells a different piece of the story, but they all point back to the same mission,” Williams said. “Bringing them together on our own homepage makes that connection clear for anyone who visits.”
The CCT is a labor management trust that represents partnership between union carpenters and signatory contractors across the Eastern Atlantic States, connecting a workforce of more than 42,000 skilled union carpenters with the developers and policymakers who build the region's infrastructure.
The EAS Carpenters cover six states – New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and Virginia – as well as the District of Columbia.
The new website was designed and built by Whitmer Consulting and MediaCutlet, firms that, among other projects, partner with union councils and trade associations across the country to build brands, campaigns and digital platforms that advance the case for organized labor and contractors.
