WHILE the Marianas Variety often covers the many contributions made by our community’s working men and women, I hope that on this Labor Day we can highlight the efforts of a particular group that sometimes goes unnoticed – the construction industry’s merit shop craft professionals.
Merit shop craft professionals are highly trained and highly skilled, performing in the wide variety of jobs in the military, government, commercial and industrial construction industries that include carpenters, electricians, masons, pipe insulators, plumbers and sheet metal workers, just to name a few. But, what sets merit shop workers apart from others in the construction industry is that they can be multi-skilled, with no limit on their opportunity to advance as far as their dreams allow. The evidence of their hard work is all around us. They build the offices where we work, the schools our children attend, along with hospitals, restaurants, stores and the other venues that make our communities unique.
With the creation of the GCA Trades Academy, we can now train more of our local residents in these professional craft fields utilizing standardized and nationally recognized curricula under our accredited training sponsor designation with National Center for Construction Education and Research.
So on this Labor Day, let's remember to thank all of the construction craft professionals, whose hard work in building a better Guam each day improves all of our lives.
Happy Labor Day!
James A. Martinez,
President,
Guam Contractors Association
Upper Tumon
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Letter to the Editor 
Labor Day salute to merit shop craft pros
Labor Day salute to merit shop craft pros
Labor Day salute to merit shop craft pros
- Monday, 03 Sep 2012 03:30am
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