HANOVER – The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades broke ground for its new office building as part of a plan to return to its founding state after a nearly 40-year hiatus in Washington, D.C.  The planned 60,000 square foot structure will bring 100 new jobs and will be adjacent to the union’s current training facility.  Construction, scheduled for completion in one year, was made possible by a $250,000 conditional loan from the state.  In his remarks, IUPAT General President James Williams said the choice for Maryland was based on access to BWI airport and a more favorable economic climate here, and he pledged that the office would be built “better and at lower cost with union labor.”

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