Become A Union Carpenter Today

The Carpenters Union Provides Industry Leading Pay, Health Benefits, Pension and Annuity!

If you’re interested in receiving regular raises, no-cost health insurance for you and your family and retirement benefits that aren’t affected by the economy, fill out the form below right now!

Why become a member?

Being a union carpenter means good jobs and wages for working men and women. More importantly it gives them the resources to provide for their families, secure a successful career in life and allows them the means to retire with dignity and respect. The benefits of being a union member are countless, but here are some basics.

Numerous, Diverse Career Paths

“Carpenter” is a blanket term used to define the numerous skills performed by tradespeople in our union. Throughout its history, the Carpenters union has developed many specialty trades. The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council offers apprenticeships in each and offers every member continuing and developmental training in all of these specialties. Many have become proficient in numerous trades.

Commerical Carpenter
Residential Carpenter
Mill-Cabinet
Concrete Form Builder
Floorcover

Millwright
Pile Driver
Insulator
Roofer
Sider

A construction worker wearing a white hard hat and neon yellow shirt kneels on the floor while installing or fixing a metal door inside a partially finished building. Tools and materials are scattered in the background.

A construction worker in a safety vest and helmet stands on an orange lift platform, working on a large elevated structure supported by concrete pillars, with an industrial area visible in the background.

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Apprentices Earn and Learn

An apprentice is someone who is learning a trade while working under the guidance of skilled workers called journeymen. Apprenticeship is on-the-job training. As a carpenter apprentice you earn while you learn. You start at 40 percent of a skilled journeyman’s rate of pay and wages are increased at periodic intervals until they are 80 percent of a journeyman’s wages. Please access the section “Educational Programs” to learn more.

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