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Local 792 Celebrates 125 Years

Congratulations to Carpenters Local 792 on celebrating 125 years of union pride, craftsmanship, and solidarity. More than 700 members, retirees, families, and friends came together at the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford to honor Local 792’s proud history and the generations of carpenters who built its legacy. Thanks to all the speakers for their inspiring […]

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Chicago Carpenter Apprentice Makes Impact On Presidential Library

Carpenters Local 10 apprentice Lewis DeJan, is helping mold the monumental 39 ultra-high-performance concrete panels that wrap around the top of the Obama Presidential Museum. The letters come from an excerpt of President Obama’s speech on the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery marches. Brother DeJan got into construction later in life, after serving in the

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Mid-America Carpenters And Millwrights Build New Des Moines Airport

Mid-America Carpenters and Millwrights are helping build the new $550 million terminal for the Des Moines International Airport. Our members working for signatory contractors like Weitz, PCI, Allied and ASI are performing carpenter packages and baggage system conveyor installations. The project is expected to open early next year at which time portions of the old

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New Apartment Tower Taking Shape In Chicago’s Fulton Market

A new, 32-story apartment tower is being built in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. This Union-made residential building will have nearly 500 units, a 30th floor pool deck, fitness center, and much more. The luxury apartment building will be ready for move-in day in 2027. MACRC Carpenters with GC Skender are working on the job site.

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Mid-America Carpenters Building New Children’s Hospital

MACRC Carpenters are building a brand new Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. Nationally ranked Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital is constructing a new hospital that will replace its previous center. The 14-story tower being built by McCarthy will have 400 construction workers on site at peak construction, many of them our carpenters. Everyone is hard at

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Union Organizers Help New Members Grow Their Career

The momentum is building through our Organizing Department workshops and seminars. All part of our mission to grow while changing and improving lives but the real impact happens in the field. This season alone, dozens of non-union carpenters have found a new path and a stronger future as union carpenters. We’re strengthening our team, raising

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Union Carpenters Renovate Interactive Museum

MACRC Carpenters working for Hartline Construction are working on a renovation project at Missouri Town Living History Museum. The outdoor museum sits just outside of Kansas City, MO, and gives visitors a taste of what life was like in the 1800s. The interactive village features many historical homes and buildings, some over 100 years old.

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Carpenters Perform Total Package On Kansas Middle School

Union Carpenters are performing the total carpenter package on a new middle school in southern Johnson County, Kansas. Wolf Springs Middle School will be a state of the art facility when it opens in the fall. Members working for signatory contractors United CSI, Epic, Briarwood, Image Flooring and INSCO are doing it all on this

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