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2nd Annual Member Appreciation Day & Apprentice Kickball Game

Our 2nd Annual Member Appreciation Day was held Saturday, May 20, 2023.

IMTEF INTRODUCES MATERNITY DISABILITY & CHILDCARE BENEFITS FOR IUBAC MEMBERS

Did you know that the IMTEF recently introduced Maternity and Childcare benefits for our Members?  These programs are another great step toward making high-paying construction jobs with great benef

Have You Been Utilizing your Midwest Coalition of Labor Benefits?

One of the benefits of being a Member of the ADC of Eastern Missouri is your free membership with the Midwest Coalition of Labor, and all the great benefits that come with it! 

Here's where Joe Biden and Donald Trump stand on workers' rights.

Brut Media published a video outlining the differences between Joe Biden and Donald Trump that is worth your time to watch prior to this upcoming election. 

Job Action Against The Shoppes at Hilltop in Eureka, MO

The Officers and Members of Bricklayers' Local 1 of Missouri have an active job action against the ownership of the new development under construction at The Shoppes at Hilltop, in Eureka Missouri. This project is being bannered to alert the public that the ownership of this development is using his maintenance staff to lay brick on the weekends and paying below area standards for the work.

2020 BRICKLAYER 500 TO BE HELD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

This year's Bricklayer 500 Regional Competition will be held Saturday, October 10 at Midwest Brick & Block.  And, NEW THIS YEAR, the top four masons with the highest adjusted brick counts at the end of the season will earn a spot on the World Championship roster with the SPEC MIX REGIONAL SERIES WILD CARD CHALLENGE! 

Tough As Nails Casting Now for Season 2!

Tough as Nails is a competition series that celebrates everyday Americans who consider the calluses on their hands a badge of honor. Competitors are tested for their strength, endurance, agility, and mental toughness in challenges that take place in real world work environments. One by one, they are eliminated until the Tough As Nails winner is named.

Back to (Apprentice) School!

The last two weeks kicked off our Fall Semester at the ADC Apprenticeship Training Center with Bricklayers Local 1 Apprentice Coordinator Dale Jennewein at the helm. 

Below are some photos of our new (socially distanced) Level 1 Bricklayers hard at work in the shop and being observed by some of our Local 1 Officers.  

Shown below is Local 1 Apprentice Bricklayer Isaiah Bell (Leonard Masonry) working on his wall. 

August 2020 Union Meetings

In early August, both Locals 1 and 18 held their first in-person Union Meetings since March, having taken a hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic. 

At the August 2020 Local 1 Union Meeting, ADC Director Brian Jennewein and ADC Secretary-Treasurer John Hopkin presented Brother David Gettinger with his 40-Year Service Pin.  

Watch Local 1 Bricklayer Rueben Gill in the 2020 Democratic Convention!

We are proud to announce that Bricklayers' Local 1 of Missouri Apprentice Bricklayer Rueben Gill represented the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers and the State of Missouri during the Convention's Roll Call on Tuesday, August 18.
 
In case you couldn't watch it live, here's his segment.

Job Action on New Taco Bell Location in St. Charles

The Officers and Members of Tilesetters Local 18 of Missouri have an active job action against the Taco Bell location being built at 620 S. Fifth Street in St. Charles. The out-of-state General Contractor on the project, GC Innovative Construction, hired out-of-state non-Signatory Contractor Scissons Tile to do work on this project. 

We'd like to thank all of the Local Trades who supported our Job Action: Sheet Metal Workers Local 36, IBEW Local 1 Electricians, and UA Local 562 Plumbers & Pipefitters.