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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.

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. 

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.  

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.

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.

The Officers and Members of Bricklayers' Local 1 have an active job action against the Beaumont Building (formerly the AT&T Building) located at Locust and Beaumont in Downtown St. Louis. The General Contractor on the project, Altman Charter, hired non-Signatory Contractor Harambee Tuckpointing to do work on this project. 

Our Bricklayers’ Local 1 Apprentices recently gave their time on a community outreach project at the St. Louis Fire Department, replacing damaged block walls on multiple floors of the training tower.

The Officers and Members of Bricklayers' Local 1 have an active job action against the Campbell House Museum addition being built on North 15th Street in Downtown St. Louis, for hiring a non-Signatory Contractor, Gergs Construction. This non-Signatory Contractor pays workers substandard wages and benefits.

Thanks to Local 1 Bricklayer Wasim Aziz for volunteering his time to assist us with this job action!

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

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