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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.

Our September 2018 Service Award recipients are:

Members with 40 Years of Service:  Michael Gilbert and James Matye

The winners of the 50-50s were Brian Burton and Terry Daniel.  Dan Giebe won the attendance prize, a Milwaukee radio.  The Queen of Hearts draw was Roger Lansford.

Today is IT! Get out and vote NO on Prop A and for Labor-friendly candidates! 

The BAC ADC of Eastern MO Officers have recorded two radio commercials. They have been running on KSHE and WIL radio for the last couple weeks, and will run up to the election on August 7.

We've worked tirelessly for over a year and a half to fight Proposition A in Missouri, and we're only 3 weeks away from the most important election in our state's history.  The livelihood of your family, your paycheck, and your freedom is on the line. 

Every single member, active and retired, is needed for the final three weeks to get the word out. Please see below for a list of events where volunteers are needed to speak with your friends, family and neighbors about this critical election. 

This is about maintaining and improving your family's standard of living. 

If you're in need (or want) of new tools or materials, check out The Masonry Store, located in South County, and owned by a Bricklayers' Local 1 Signatory Contractor. 

They're open Monday through Friday, from 7am to 4pm, and on Saturday from 8a til noon. 

Our June 2018 Service Award recipients are:

Members with 25 Years of Service:  Ashley Plummer and Gerald Geist

Members with 40 Years of Service: Dennis Dreste, Donald Hassler, James Brown, Jr., and John Schweigert 

Shown below are our Service Award winners for June. (L to R) ADC Secretary Treasurer John Hopkin, John Schweigert, Ashley Plummer and ADC Director Brian Jennewein.

We'd like to congratulate and introduce Journeyman Tile Finisher Anthony Bono, the newly sworn-in Sergeant-At-Arms for Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Workers' Local 18. Brother Bono works for R&F Tile and will be replacing the late Frankie Lauria, who served in that role for 24 years, or as explained by Local 18 President Mike Weber "as long as anyone can remember, even before Local 18 existed".