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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! 

BAC Member Assistance Program

Considering the Coronavirus Pandemic, you may find yourself experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression. The IU offers a completely confidential service for these issues as well as others at no cost to the member or their family called the Member Assistance Program (MAP).

Message from our Director regarding COVID-19

Due to the ongoing pandemic around the world, please stay informed and up to date on developments regarding the CoronaVirus (COVID-19). At this time, the Administrative District Council of Eastern Missouri has cancelled all upcoming membership meetings, continue to check back for further developments.  

Attention RETIRED Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri members with an Aetna Medicare Advantage plan:

Attention RETIRED Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri members with an Aetna Medicare Advantage plan:

You will be receiving a letter from Aetna if you haven’t already received it including the following updates positively impacting your coverage.

• We’ve waived member out-of-pockets costs or cost sharing for COVID-19
diagnostic testing and introduced zero co-pay telemedicine visits for the next 90 days,
helping to remove barriers to care.

• We’ve waived charges for home delivery of all prescription medications from CVS

Job Action Against The City Museum in Downtown St. Louis

The Officers and Members of Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri have an active job action against The City Museum, located on Washington Avenue in Downtown St. Louis, for hiring The Wright Mason, a non-Signatory Contractor paying its workers substandard wages and benefits.   This non-Signatory Contractor was hired to repair and re-lay 30,000 brick parapet walls.  

If you are interested in assisting in the ADC's bannering efforts, please call the Hall.

Pension Plans Explained

Below is a video of David Cay Johnson, an investigative journalist, author and expert on tax and economic policy, explaining Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension plans.

Spring Semester is in Session!

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

Below are some photos of our new Level 1 Bricklayers and PCCs hard at work in the shop. 

Offsite Charity Project by Bricklayers Local 1 Apprentices

A few of the Bricklayers Local 1 Apprentices spent the day laying block for the base of a new athletics equipment shed at Eureka High School, whose campus was extensively damaged by back-to-back flooding. 

Rich People have Convinced Working Class People that Unions are Bad.

An opinion piece went live on Medium.com a few months ago outlining the many ways the poor and working class workers are being abused by the rich, i.e., the Waltons, the Bezoses, the Trumps. In it, she explains that job creation isn’t any more than a catchphrase and doesn’t mean anything to the average person. Many of the points made in this article are going to sound familiar, as they are similar talking points to the anti-RTW movement. It is worth the ten or so minutes it will take you to read.