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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.




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The 2020 Bricklayer500 Regional Competition was held at Midwest Brick & Block on Saturday, October 10, 2020. All 7teams competing were Union members employed by Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri Signatory Contractors.  This year, the event was expanded to include a Blocklaying competition, "The Fastest Hands on the Block", as well as an Apprentice Contest, consisting of 9 Local 1 Apprentices, 3 per term year.  

Photos courtesy of SpecMix, MCA Executive Director Dave Gillick and ADC Office Administrator Amy Dickey.

Get excited! The 2020 Bricklayer 500 Regional Competition is THIS SATURDAY at Kirchner Midwest Brick & Block!
 
There's a whole day of competitions, starting with the Apprentice Competition at 7:30am, followed by the Bricklayer500 main event at 11:00am, and the Blocklaying Contest starting at 12:30pm. 

You can follow along can cheer on your Local 1 Brothers with the livestream feed on the Specmix Facebook page. 

Join us on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 pm CST to hear important information from presenters with the IHF, United Healthcare, SavRx, and Cigna Dental! You can participate in biometric screenings AT-HOME and earn a chance to WIN raffle prizes from United Healthcare, SavRx, and Cigna!

Please pre-register for the event by visiting the link below: http://bit.ly/BACVirtualHealthFair2020

The Officers and Members of Bricklayers' Local 1 of Missouri have an active job action against the Walmart location in Maplewood Commons. This project is being bannered to alert the public that Walmart has hired David Robertson Construction, out of Springfield, MO,  an out-of-town, non-signatory contractor paying below area standard wages negotiated by Local 1.

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The Officers and Members of Bricklayers' Local 1 of Missouri have an active job action against the ownership of the new development under construction at The Shoppes at Hilltop, in Eureka Missouri. This project is being bannered to alert the public that the ownership of this development is using his maintenance staff to lay brick on the weekends and paying below area standards for the work.

This year's Bricklayer 500 Regional Competition will be held Saturday, October 10 at Midwest Brick & Block.  And, NEW THIS YEAR, the top four masons with the highest adjusted brick counts at the end of the season will earn a spot on the World Championship roster with the SPEC MIX REGIONAL SERIES WILD CARD CHALLENGE! 

Tough as Nails is a competition series that celebrates everyday Americans who consider the calluses on their hands a badge of honor. Competitors are tested for their strength, endurance, agility, and mental toughness in challenges that take place in real world work environments. One by one, they are eliminated until the Tough As Nails winner is named.