2021

We watched with pride last week as 30-year Carpenters Local 250 Member Jerry Wenzel introduced President Joe Biden at an event in Elk Grove Village. Wenzel is now a senior field operations manager at Clayco and discussed how much he loved being a Union Carpenter and how important Unions are for the success of the projects he oversees. President Biden […]

The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters is poised to become one of the largest regional labor unions in the country under a restructuring arrangement that will add 20,000 members, boosting the Chicago Carpenters Union’s which will now represent more than 50,000 working men and women across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Iowa. The Chicago Regional

House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch stopped by the Regional Council’s Delegate meeting on Saturday to congratulate our members on all their hard work getting the state’s clean energy bill passed into law! Speaker Welch was instrumental in getting the bill across the finish line and making sure it contained the strongest labor standards in the

Residential Carpenters will see a $2.24 per hour increase in their wages and fringe benefits thanks to a rate increase that went into effect Oct. 1. The increase includes a $1.50/hour increase in wages. In the last 3 years under EST Perinar’s leadership, residential carpenters’ wages have increase $4.50 per hour! Thanks to all our

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The MCL/Voya Open Enrollment period for Supplemental Life, AD&D, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance begins from October 1st to October 31st . As a member or retiree in good standing with the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, you and your family are eligible to take advantage of additional benefits we have secured for you through

Today the historic Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act was signed into law! This legislation is huge for Union jobs! It includes: – Strongest labor standards in the country for wind and solar projects. – Project labor agreements required for all utility-scale wind and solar projects. – Prevailing wage required for all non-residential clean energy

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Last month, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America celebrated its 140th birthday. It’s a source of great pride for our Regional Council that the UBC was founded right here in Chicago by visionaries who knew that forming a Union presented the best opportunity to give skilled carpenters a