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The 2023 Bricklayer500 Regional Competition was held at Midwest Brick & Block on Saturday, September 16.  As has been customary, every team competing was a Union Member employed by one of our Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri Signatory Contractors.




We are excited to announce the First Place winning team *and* the Top Craftsman award at the 2023 Bricklayer500 Regional Contest are Local 1 MO Journeyman Bricklayer Rudy Menke, and his Mason Tender Steve Braswell, employed by Local 1 Signatory Contractor John Smith Masonry. They will be advancing on to the National Championships in Las Vegas in January 2024.




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

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).

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.
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:  

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.

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: 

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.

Attention Local 18 Members:

If you are in need of ProKnee kneepads, please call Kay in the IHF office prior to purchasing them yourself.  

Kay can be reached at 314-621-3040

A new Waffle House location in St. Ann, Missouri, is being bannered to alert the public that this company hired a Contractor that pays its workers substandard wages and benefits to build its newest location.

Thank you for not patronizing this Waffle House location, and thank you to the members volunteering their time to assist in this effort. If any member or a friend is interested in assisting in future efforts, please call the Hall.