NOVEMBER 2013


OUR VISION
Torres Consulting and Law Group champions America's working families. TCLG strengthens political relationships, delivers effective communication strategies, builds stronger partnerships, and advances prevailing wage compliance for trade unions and their partners across the country. Our passion and unique expertise makes us a national leader for giving the middle class a voice.
  
  

TCLG Travels 

 

 Building Trades Legislative Conference

 

California Plumbing and

Mechanical Contractors

Association

 

  League of Arizona Cities and Towns

 

Oklahoma Building Trades 

  

 

In the Community

Arizona Myeloma Network

Golf Tournament

 

Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year

 

 

Just For Fun

  

 Washington Nationals Game 

 

NFL Team Spirit Day

 

  

Hawaiian Day  

 

 

On the Job  

  

UA Local 469 calendar shoot

 

Lunch on the Lawn 
Greetings!


As Thanksgiving and the holiday season approaches, our team at Torres Consulting and Law Group wants to take a moment to thank you - our clients and supporters. We are grateful for another year filled with many successes. We feel privileged to serve you.

 

TCLG employs a talented team of professionals who care about making a difference in the lives of working families across the country. We are proud to work for you.

 

Again, thank you. We wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving and many blessings. 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Israel G. Torres

Managing Partner

Torres Consulting and Law Group, LLC

TCLG opens new office, expands staff
2013 turning into a record year for growth

 

Open House FB

  
We're quite happy to have moved into a larger office at 2239 W. Baseline in Tempe earlier this year. We also continue adding staff to offer the best service to our new and existing clients. Recent additions include a public relations specialist, compliance specialist and assistant director of compliance and regulatory affairs. Learn more about our team by clicking here.
  
  
Developing political influence in Washington

 

TCLG client UA Local 598 earlier this year took a huge step toward having the at-large political community take notice of its efforts.

 

Through a 100-percent successful check off, members now contribute directly from their paycheck to the political action committee. This solidifies the commitment to the union's political voice, which creates the momentum for making a difference.

 

  

 

Building Arizona 2013 Tour showcases construction trades training programs 

  
We're proud to have organized a tour of four top-notch training programs in Phoenix that are turning out high-skilled workers. 
  
More than 50 elected leaders from across the state came out for demonstrations and information about the construction-skills development offered by UA Local 469, SMART 359, Ironworkers Local 75 and IBEW Local 640. We need to keep Arizona's workforce competitive, and training sets our clients apart from the competition.
  

Find out who came out on the tour by clicking here.

Focus on team building: Disneyland 

We have a great team of professionals who care about what we do everyday at TCLG. Our leadership believes its important to invest in our team and reward successes, which is why we took a road trip to Disneyland. We celebrated several client wins and took time to better know each other, which improves team dynamics and helps us work better for you. We returned energized and more committed to serving each other and our clients.
Getting to the truth by filing FOIA lawsuits  
  
Public records are essential to determining whether a contractor is getting away with cheating on prevailing wage laws. That's why TCLG sued the Department of Energy (DOE) twice this year and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) once in an effort to gather public documents necessary to investigate potential prevailing wage violations.
  
Both lawsuits against the DOE deal with heavy redaction of records, while the VA lawsuit is for failing to provide public records in a timely manner.
National webinar series focuses on catching cheating contractors  

 

TCLG successfully completed a series of quarterly webinars designed to equip construction trade unions with tools to uncover efforts to cheat prevailing wage laws. This first series - in partnership with United Association - attracted more than 150 participants from around the country.

 

 

  
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