The Chicago & Cook County Building & Construction Trades Council is a central body labor organization and an affiliate of the Building & Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO.  The Council represents 100,000 working men and women from 24 affiliated organizations in the union construction trades for the Chicago & Cook County area.  The purpose of the Council is to work as a representative on behalf of its affiliates to enhance the position of organized labor, serving the building trades in particular, and its issues in business, government and education.

The Chicago Building Trades Council meets with its delegates every Tuesday morning at 9:00 A.M at the Cement Masons Local 502 Union Hall located at 739 25th Avenue, Bellwood, Illinois.  You must be a Council delegate to attend.