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IHF Clinic Opens on Tuesday, August 17!

The new IHF Clinic inside the new ADC Hall located in Fenton, Missouri, opens to all active Members and their families on Tuesday, August 17!

We've Moved to Fenton!

The ADC Union Hall, IHF Health Fund Office, and Local 1 Pension Fund Office have relocated to our new home in Fenton, Missouri!

Did You Know You Could Make a Dues Payment Through Your Member Portal?

The ADC recently launched Online Dues Payments through the Member Portal.

JOB ACTION AGAINST ADAN'S MASONRY PLUS

Bricklayers' Local 1 has an active job action against Adan's Masonry Plus at the Ballwin Village West Plaza, for hiring a contractor paying substandard wages to add cultured stone piers on the front of stores in the plaza. This plaza is located in front of Target on Manchester Road in Ballwin.

August Union Meetings

At the August 2019 Local 1 Union Meeting, ADC Director Brian Jennewein (on left) and ADC Secretary-Treasurer John Hopkin presented (left to right) Brothers Steve Rebhan, Mark Scherr, Steve Jakubiak, Randy Dickson their 40-Year Service Pins.  

Members receiving Service Awards this month:

East Central College Announces JATC Associate's Degree Partnership

East Central College has formally announced the new agreement on their website and in a series of press releases. An excerpt is below:

East Central College will offer an opportunity for Bricklayers' Local 1 members to complete an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Skilled Trades. This degree opportunity was agreed upon recently between the College and the Bricklayers' Local 1 of Missouri Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC).

Job Action Against Washington Apartments near Washington University

Bricklayers' Local 1 has an active job action on the Washington Apartments, located at 6678 Washington Avenue across from the Washington University Campus, for hiring a contractor paying substandard wages to perform its restoration work.

2019 Bricklayer 500 to be held Thursday, Sept 12!

The 2019 Bricklayer 500 Regional Competition will be held Thursday, Sept 12 at Kirchner Midwest Brick & Block! 
JT and Jakob Payne will be back to defend their title, but there's only room for a limited number of teams, so enter now!  
You can register here:   https://www.specmix.com/registration/
More information can be found here:  

New Associate's Degree Program Available to Bricklayers Local 1 JATC Program Graduates

Bricklayers’ Local 1 of Missouri Joint Apprenticeship Training Center now offers an Apprenticeship Training-Skilled Trades Associate’s Degree in Applied Science (AAS) through East Central College.  The Associate’s Degree program is available to all current and active Bricklayers’ Local 1 of Missouri Members who have completed the Bricklayers’ Local 1 JATC Apprenticeship Program at a total cost to the member of $1,976.00.

Apprenticeship Program featured on Open Source Podcast

Recently, Bricklayers' Local 1 Apprenticeship Coordinator Dale Jennewein and St. Louis Job Corps Bricklaying Instructor Otis Peebles sat down to explain our training programs with Bonita Cornute for her Open Source Podcast on Apprenticeship.    

You can view that here: 

JOB ACTION AGAINST ERC CONSTRUCTION IN LAKE ST. LOUIS

Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri is bannering a new apartment complex in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, to alert the public that this developer hired an out-of-state Contractor that pays its workers substandard wages and benefits.