Who We Are

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Build a Better Texas is a joint effort by construction workers and their families, faith leaders, honest construction businesses, and safety advocates to ensure a strong and sustainable construction industry.

We work to create good, safe jobs in the construction industry that give workers the opportunity to progress, live better, and contribute to our society. By building a strong, skilled workforce, we will ensure continued economic prosperity in the construction industry that is so vital to Texas, and the country.

BBTX Sign Ons 7/16/14

Austin Neighborhoods Council
Rev. June Wilkins, St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
Workers’ Rights Board
Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
Home Owners of Texas
Iron Workers District Council of Texas
Southern California District Council of Laborers
North Texas Jobs with Justice
Proyecto Latinoamericano (KPFT)
Cristo Rey Catholic Church
Houston United
Colectivo Flatlander
KST Electric
Dallas Building Trades Council
Friends Meeting of Austin (Quakers)
Texas State AFL-CIO
Texas State Employees Union
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Zavala Properties
Catholic Diocese of Austin
Congregational Church of Austin
American Gateways
America For All
Fair Food Austin
The Coffee Party
Texans for Peace
Manos de Cristo
Movimiento Estudantil Chicano/a de Azatlan
Rev. Mike Adams, All Saints Episcopal Church
Texas-AFT
Living Hope Wheelchair Association
St. Thomas More
La Union Pueblo Entero (LUPE)
Houston Building Trades Council
St. Austin Catholic Parish
UH FLAC (Fair Labor Action Committee)
Restauracion: Un Angel Diferente
Alianza Mexicana
Iglesia Bautista Misionera Monte Calvario
Harris County AFL-CIO
Community Tax Centers
University Presbyterian Church
Home Owners for Better Building
Houston Peace and Justice Center
Austin Central Labor Council
Texas Organizing Project
Border Network for Human Rights
El Paso Building Trades
Proyecto Azteca
La Raza Justice Movement
Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 254
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades 88
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Texas Rural Legal Aid
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Emmanuel United Methodist Church
LULAC Chapter 555
South Texas Civil Rights Project
Houston Mennonite Church
Facility Construction Services Inc.
Blue Heron Builders
Austin Carpenters Local 1266
Southwest Workers Union
Christ Community Church (Iglesia Comunidad de Cristo)
Start Center
First Community Church
Texas Organizing Project-Dallas
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services
St. James Episcopal Church
Diocese of Brownsville
Grupo Nueva Vida
Casa Marianella
Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 181
Houston Dominican Sisters
ACLU-TX Central Texas Chapter
Fuerza del Valle/Equal Voice Network
Barbara Budde
Ron Clapp
Community of Faith United Church of Christ
Allen Cooper
Downtowners Sunday School: First United Methodist Church
Sam Dunning
John Elford
Linda Elford
Faith United Church of Christ
Catherine Gillette
Gray Panthers of Austin Chapter
Karl Gronberg
Madeline Henners
Judy Hoffhein
Hope United Church of Christ
Fred Krebs
Charles Kullman
Woody Ledenham
Armando Mancilla
Enrique Maromolejo
Jayme Mathias
Texas Fair Trade Coalition
Texas Organizing Project
Texas State Association of Electrical Workers
Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO
Torre Fuerte
Oscar Torres
Martin Troyer
United Christian Church
University Baptist Church
Tom Van de Stadt
Vecinos Unidos
San Williams

Building and Construction Trades Council of Austin 286
St. Luke Community United Methodist Church
LULAC District 12
LULAC District 7
Dolores Catholic Church
Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
Sheet Metal Workers Local 67
Fuerza Unida
Equal Justice Center
Center for Community Integration
UNITE-HERE
Service Employees International Union 1
Dos Centavos
Grassroots Leadership
Ironworkers Local 84
Houston Coalition for Immigration Reform
Roofers Local 123
Catholic Diocese of El Paso
Casa de Dios
Rev. Dr. Fred Nixon, Community of Faith United Church of Christ
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Rev Dr. Charles Kutz-Marks, University Christian Church Disciples of Christ
Rev. Tim Tutt, United Christian Church
Plum Blossom Sangha
Proyecto Juan Diego
Pax Christi Texas, Inc.
Central Texas Labor Council
Rev. Dr. Larry Bethune, University Baptist Church
Foundation Communities
University United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Nash, Association Minister, Brazos Association South Central Conference of the United Church of Christ
Familias Inmigrantes y Estudiantes en la Lucha / Immigrant Families and Students in the Struggle
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Cooperation Texas
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
Texas Building Trade & Construction Trades Council
Marek Family of Companies
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 100
Texas Dream Alliance
Texas Workers Alliance
Paso del Norte (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Rev. Scott Martin and Rev. Frank Dietz, Faith United Church of Christ
Rev. Ron Trimmer, Hope United Church of Christ
Fe y Justicia Worker Center
Ironworkers Local 482
Templo Manantial De Vida
Templo Monte Sinai Church
Rev. Dr. Charles Rice, Association Minister, North Texas Association, UCC
Iglesia Pena De Horeb
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 286
Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance
Iglesia De Cristo Roca Eterna
Santa Barbara Parish
St. Joseph Parish
Rev. Dr. John Sumner, St. Peter’s United Church of Christ of Coupland
Texas Campaign for the Environment
Texas State Employees Union 6186
Rev. Dr. Jerry Carpenter, Weimar United Church of Christ
Rev. Michael Vaughn, Zion United Church of Christ
Fuerza del Valle Workers Center
El Shaddai Pentecoste
MonkeyWrench Books
Pipefitters Local Union 211
Union Treatment Centers
Transport Workers Union Local 513
Austin Free Skool
All Saints Episcopal
Austin Physicians for Social Responsibility
BBT Unaffiliated Leaders
Brazos Association South Central
Conference of the United Church of Christ
Central Presbyterian Church
Cristo Rey Catholic Church
Isabel DoCampo
Downtown Cluster Congregations and Social Service
Ethical Society of Austin
Edward Garcia
North Texas Association, United Church of Christ
Reggie Payne-Wiens
Pueblo Sin Fronteras
Roberto Quezada
Carmen Retzlaff
Marivel Reyes
James Rigby
Cecil Roeger
Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin
Sendero de Restauracion
Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas
St. Mark United Methodist Church
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ of Coupland
Start Center
Jim Stockton
Charles L. Stovall
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition
Texans for Public Justice
Zion United Church of Christ
Laborers Local 753
Weimar United Church of Christ
Keith Wright

Texas State Association of Electrical Workers:

IBEW 20 – Dallas
IBEW 60 – San Antonio
IBEW 66 – Houston
IBEW 72 – Waco
IBEW 220 – Arlington
IBEW 278 – Corpus Christi
IBEW 301 – Texarkana
IBEW 418 – Cleburne
IBEW 479 – Beaumont
IBEW 500 – San Antonio
IBEW 520 – Austin
IBEW 527 – Galveston
IBEW 583 – El Paso
IBEW 602 – Amarillo
IBEW 681 – Wichita Falls
IBEW 716 – Houston
IBEW 738 – Longview
IBEW 898 – San Angelo
IBEW 942 – Fort Worth
IBEW 960 – El Paso
IBEW 1015 – Weslaco
IBEW 1151 – Tyler
IBEW 1814 – Houston
IBEW 2078 -Rockdale
IBEW 2286 – Beaumont
IBEW 233 7- Fairfield