A Message From the Executive Director
By Joe Taylor

     As the Executive Director of Southern Nevada Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET) a joint Labor and Management fund, my main mission is to promote and support our contractors who employ union laborers. Simply put, I work for you.
     The Laborers’ Union has taken a proactive stance to help our contractors have the best tools at the ready. We believe that through better communication, we will take our industry to the next level. Business Managers Tommy White at Laborers’ Local 872 and George Vaughn at Laborers' Local 702 are dedicated to bring out the best that the Southern Nevada Laborers has to offer.
     The Laborers' International Union of North America, (LIUNA), is working to create partnerships and alliances in the construction industry that jointly pursue sound market objectives. LIUNA’s commitment to labor-management cooperation began in 1969 with the creation of the Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund (L-AGC). This commitment was expanded in 1988 with the creation of the Laborers’ Health & Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA), and expanded again in 1989 with the creation of the Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Fund (LECET).
     These labor-management funds work together to address three of the issues that most directly impact the union sector of the construction industry: skills training; health and safety; and cultivation, identification and pursuit of market opportunities. 1994 and 1995 have been years in which the Funds have matured into fully functioning labor-management entities that have worked together to secure projects and jobs.