The latest two-year study by the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, has found that Associated Builders and Contractors has an overall ABC graduation rate of 29 percent for its apprenticeship programs. Data was collected from the U.S. Department of Labor and state apprenticeship agencies. Similar findings were reported from the BCTD's 2003 study of the group.
The report reveals that only six of ABC's 80 local chapters sponsoring apprentice programs graduated more than 50 percent of its apprentices. But ABC says the numbers are misleading.