One in every four people hired to work on Bloomfield’s two library construction projects will reside in town thanks to a project labor agreement. Council approved the resolution last year in conjunction with Connecticut State Building Trades, which represents construction workers across the state and is committed to hiring 25 percent Bloomfield residents. The union is actively recruiting labor for the project. The idea is to put local people to work while keeping money in Bloomfield, according to Councilor Kenneth McClary, who along with Mayor Danielle Wong, spearheaded the agreement. The library projects will contract 13 different trades. Joe Toner, executive director at Connecticut State Building Trades, said the union already has about 250 families associated with the union in town. The existing connection to Bloomfield inspired the eventual partnership. Under the project labor agreement, the Connecticut State Building Trades Training Institute will actively recruit Bloomfield residents with expertise in trades ranging from plumbing to elevator technicians to electricians to help complete the Prosser and P. Faith McMahon Wintonbury Library. Construction is expected to start in a few months and last about a year.
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