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2023 SpecMix Bricklayer500 Regional Competition

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.




BAC Cares Health Clinic News!

We are pleased to announce our new permanent BAC Cares Health Clinic doctor! Dr.

Watch as 310,567 Signatures Get Submitted!

Vice News Story on SAM-100 Bricklaying Robot

Vice News on HBO is a "daily" news show with an additional in-depth episode which airs separately.  In the last few weeks, they've done some stories which are particularly relevant to not only our trade, but Unions in general.  The SAM-100 robot was featured on the show in late July 2017 and is a topic which has been discussed many times by both Don and Brian over the last several years. We felt it was very important to share this particular feature with our membership. 

Please take the time to view this feature and familiarize yourself with this machine. 

Vice News Story on Auto Plants Saying No To Unions

Vice News on HBO is a "daily" news show with an additional in-depth episode which airs separately.  In the last few weeks, they've done some stories which are particularly relevant to not only our trade, but Unions in general.  

We Did It! Over 300,000 Signatures! But we can't stop now!

The Missouri AFL-CIO announced at a Rally held at the IBEW Local 1 Hall in St. Louis on August 8 that just over of 300,000 signatures were collected on the Citizens' Referendum Petition initiative. Not only were there  300,000 (prior to all of the Petitions even being turned in!), ALL EIGHT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS WERE CERTIFIED!  That number is more than 150% of our goal and should be well more than enough to put this measure on the November 2018 ballot for the citizens of Missouri to vote on.  

Congratulations to our Local 1 July & August 2017 Service Award Recipients!

Brother Joseph Thiemann, Brother John Hillis, Brother Bill Dierker and Brother Bill Zerwig are shown above after receiving their 40 year service pin awards from Secretary-Treasurer John Hopkin and Director Brian Jennewein.

MO AFL-CIO Statewide Day of Action on July 15

There will be multiple signature drives throughout the state for the Citizens' Referendum Petition on July 15 for the MO AFL-CIO Statewide Day of Action with WeareMO​.

Congratulations to our Local 1 June 2017 Service Award Recipients!

Our June 2017 Service Award recipients were:

Members with 25 Years of Service:  Robbie Hengst and Jason Lober 

Members with 40 Years of Service:  Fred Boegemann, Ronald Shinn and Jerome Vehige.

Members with 50 Years of Service:  Orville Oldfather. Brother Oldfather was unable to attend this year's Summer Retiree Luncheon to receive his Gold Card in person, so it was sent to him.

We Are MO Statewide Day of Action

Article by Labor-Tribune Editor Tim Rowden and republished with permission
All photos by Labor-Tribune, and used with permission