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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.

Are you interested in becoming a Signatory Contractor with Bricklayers Local 1 or Tile, Marble, & Terrazzo Workers Local 18?  Then check out the IMI's upcoming Aspiring Contractor Program.  The 5-day virtual course will be held April 10-14 from 7-9 p.m. ET to give anyone the tools they need to successfully establish a Union Contracting company. The program covers all the basics for getting started, from creating a business plan, to financing options, registering a company, and beyond.  

BAC annually awards three scholarships to students whose pare

This year we sent the most competitors to date to represent us at the SpecMix and Mason Contractors Association of America contest in Las Vegas.  Apprentices Chase Morfeld (John Smith Masonry), Ryan Newton (Lampkin Masonry), and Alec Sportsman (Swanson Masonry) represented our Union and its Training Program in the Masonry Skills Competition, as well as Journeymen JT Payne and Jeff Head (in stall 10, representing Foeste Masonry) in the Bricklayer500 Main Event and Toughest Tender contest, and Jakob Payne (Foeste Masonry) and Chris Cain (John Smith M

The market is in a very volatile place lately, and if you're close to retirement, it might be making you uneasy. This information from John Hancock is geared toward pre-retirees, but the message is good and really translates to everyone. 

Attention ADC Members! Effective Monday, November 7, the BAC Cares Clinic hours have changed!

We will now be open:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9am til 6pm
Wednesday from 2pm til 6pm

The clinic will be closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as on holidays.

Have you signed up for your Midwest Coalition of Labor membership?  It's a free benefit included as part of your Membership with the ADC!
Among the perks are discounts like these!

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