Asbestos Injuries Among Building Trades & Union Members in Nevada
More than 150,000 Nevada residents are members of unions. Among the thousands of members of Nevada's building trades and construction unions, many have been, and still are, at risk of asbestos exposure injuries.
A few decades ago, despite knowledge that should have prevented it, the construction of Nevada's hotels, factories, and other building construction involved many asbestos-containing materials. Workers installing insulation, floor tiles, shingles, and many products that contained asbestos were put at risk while they cut, sanded, sprayed, and otherwise used and applied these products. Today, these same buildings are being remodeled, redone, and razed, often without regard to the asbestos-containing materials used during the initial construction. This disregard for worker safety puts a whole new generation of people at risk for asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma, and other asbestos diseases.
Electricians, carpenters, locomotive engineers, insulators, and many others worked with and near products that contained asbestos. Some of our clients are members of these unions:
- CJA (Local 971) (United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America)
- Members: 1,963
- 1150 Terminal Way Reno, NV 89502
- CJA (Local 1977) Carpenters (United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America)
- Members: 7,039
- 501 North Lamb Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89110
- IBEW (Local 357) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Members: 3,110
- 4322 E. Bonanza Rd Las Vegas, NV 89110
- IBT (Local 631)
- Members: 6,407
- 700 North Lamb Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89110
- LIUNA (Local 872) Laborers International Union of North America
- Members: 4,136
- 4201 E. Bonanza Rd Las Vegas, NV 89110
- HERE (Local 226) Culinary Workers (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union)
- Members: 51,162
- 1630 South Commerce St Las Vegas, NV 89102
- PAT (Local 159) Painters (AFLCIO)
- Members: 2,228
- 1701 Whitney Mesa, # 105 Henderson, NV 89014
- UFCW (Local 711) United Food and Commercial Workers Union
- Members: 6,598
- 1201 North Decatur Blvd #116 Las Vegas, NV 89108
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
- IBT Local #14
- IBT Local #229 (BLET)
- IBT Local #631
- IBT Local #766 (BLET)
- IBT Local #794 (BLET)
- IBT Local #995
