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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 Apprentice Coordinators and Instructors, along with some of our Business Agents and Apprentices, recently attended the Build My Future Job Fair held at the St. Charles Family Arena. During the event, they showcased our trades to over 1,000 high school seniors in the St. Louis area, and gave them the opportunity to try it out for themselves.  

The video below shows some of the highlights of that event

We'd like to give a hearty congratulations to Josh Rehme (Patrico Masonry) for winning First Place in the 3rd Year Apprentice category at the SkillsUSA Competition held in conjuction with the 2022 Bricklayer500 World Championships in Las Vegas earlier this week!

He is shown above with his prize-winning wall.

Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri took job action against Savannah’s in Cedar Hill for hiring a non-Signatory Contractor to do the brickwork their new addition.
Please take a moment to check out these "toolbox talks" videos regarding COVID Vaccinations and vaccination hesitancy that were recorded by the St. Louis Construction Cooperative during the presentation of Dr. Patrick Mazi, fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine. 
The videos can be viewed here: Toolbox Talks

The 2021 Bricklayer500 Regional Competition was held at Midwest Brick & Block on Saturday, October 2, 2021.

Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri recently took job action as a result of the General Contractor awarding a portion of bricklayers' work to Flooring Systems, a 1310 Carpenters Contractor, at the new Panera Bread location at 14646 Manchester Road in Ballwin. 

Shown are Bricklayers' Local 1 of Missouri Business Agent Johnny Walker, Jr., Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Workers' Local 18 of Missouri President and Business Agent Mike Weber, and Retired Local 18 Member Rich Hanlon. 

At the August 2021 Local 1 Union Meeting, the first held in the new ADC Hall in Fenton, Missouri, ADC Director Brian Jennewein and ADC Secretary-Treasurer John Hopkin presented Brothers Ed Morris and Joe Wille with their 40-year Service Pins.  

Members receiving Service Awards in July and August 2021:

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!  Plus: a chance to win an AppleWatch for first 100 patients!