BUD Program’s 19th Cohort Graduation March 18

Date Posted: March 4, 2020

Posted In: Organizations, Workforce,

On Wednesday, March 18th, the Building Union Diversity (BUD) Round 19 Cohort will hold their graduation ceremony. This will be the first BUD graduation for 2020.

Employers, labor representatives, and other interested parties are invited to attend to visit with the group and celebrate their program graduation. Interviewing and hiring of these candidates on the spot is encouraged and supported.

Funders of the 2020 BUD Program are Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), MO Department of Transportation (MoDOT), United Way of Greater St. Louis, and the Labor Employment and Training Corporation (LETC).

For this 19th cohort, the ceremony will be held in the auditorium room at the IBEW Local 1 Training Facility, 2300 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo 63139. Attendees are asked to park in the back and enter from the side door on Elizabeth Avenue.

The Graduation event will start promptly at 11:00am. The graduation ceremony will be followed by lunch and “speed interviews” will immediately follow.

There are 17 people completing this class. During their 5-week training, they were scheduled to visit the Carpenters, Operating Engineers, Electricians, Plumbers and Pipefitters, Iron Workers and Insulators. The participants have also expressed interest in several additional trades.

For registration or questions, contact Russ Signorino, BUD Program Director, at 314-303-6082 or russ_signorino@yahoo.com.