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Sports, school and camp physicals are now available at your BAC Cares Health Clinic!

Prepare your child for a safe and healthy sports season, camp experience or school year.

BAC Cares Health Clinic News!

We are pleased to announce our new permanent BAC Cares Health Clinic doctor! Dr.

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

The Tilesetters are Back to School!

The Fall Semester has gotten started for our Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Apprentices at the ADC Apprenticeship Training Center under the guidance of Local 18 Apprentice Coordinator/Instructor Charlie Reiter.  

Below Tile Setter Improvers Tim Jansen and Jacob Baldi shown with Apprentice Coordinator/Instructor Charlie Reiter during classroom learning. 

2020 SpecMix Bricklayer 500 Regional Event Winners

The 2020 Bricklayer500 Regional Competition was held at Midwest Brick & Block on Saturday, October 10, 2020. All 7teams competing were Union members employed by Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri Signatory Contractors.  This year, the event was expanded to include a Blocklaying competition, "The Fastest Hands on the Block", as well as an Apprentice Contest, consisting of 9 Local 1 Apprentices, 3 per term year.  

Photos courtesy of SpecMix, MCA Executive Director Dave Gillick and ADC Office Administrator Amy Dickey.

The 2020 Specmix Bricklayer 500 is this Saturday!

Get excited! The 2020 Bricklayer 500 Regional Competition is THIS SATURDAY at Kirchner Midwest Brick & Block!
 
There's a whole day of competitions, starting with the Apprentice Competition at 7:30am, followed by the Bricklayer500 main event at 11:00am, and the Blocklaying Contest starting at 12:30pm. 

You can follow along can cheer on your Local 1 Brothers with the livestream feed on the Specmix Facebook page. 

Join Us for the BAC Cares Virtual Health Fair

Join us on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 pm CST to hear important information from presenters with the IHF, United Healthcare, SavRx, and Cigna Dental! You can participate in biometric screenings AT-HOME and earn a chance to WIN raffle prizes from United Healthcare, SavRx, and Cigna!

Please pre-register for the event by visiting the link below: http://bit.ly/BACVirtualHealthFair2020

Job Action against Walmart in Maplewood, MO

The Officers and Members of Bricklayers' Local 1 of Missouri have an active job action against the Walmart location in Maplewood Commons. This project is being bannered to alert the public that Walmart has hired David Robertson Construction, out of Springfield, MO,  an out-of-town, non-signatory contractor paying below area standard wages negotiated by Local 1.

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!