Carpenters Signing Days Welcome New Members
These high school graduates are signing to join the Brotherhood and start their new career.
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Council News
MACRC Contracts And Bonds Manager Retires
Today we bid farewell to our Brother Bob Lid (3rd from left), who is retiring after serving the Regional Council for 24 years as the Manager of the Contracts and Bonds Department. Bob’s unwavering dedication played a huge role in ensuring that our Agreements are fair, our contractors are accountable, and our members are protected.
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Union Carpenters Building On New Addition To Mizzou Football Stadium
Union Carpenters are renovating Mizzou’s football stadium. The two-year, $250-million dollar project will overhaul Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium by adding new seating and restaurant space. Currently, our members are working on concrete forms but soon Carpenters will start hanging metal studs and drywall, building cabinetry, installing doors and door hardware and performing trim carpentry.
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MACRC Announces New Member Incentive Program
The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council has announced a new member incentive program that rewards our members for member involvement in council activities and initiatives. The Volunteer Incentive Program (VIP) was created to encourage members across the Regional Council to get active in their communities and help out with council volunteer opportunities and receive rewards for
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‘Tax Fraud And Wage Theft Are An Epidemic In Construction’ – EST McLaughlin
Tax fraud and misclassification of workers are robbing federal, state and local governments of much-needed revenue, while ripping off vulnerable construction workers who are paid meager wages, and sometimes not paid at all, for their work.
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Union Carpenters Out In Full Force On Tax Day
Tax Fraud Days of Action are here! MACRC members are out in every corner of our jurisdiction this week raising awareness about tax fraud in the construction industry, which is estimated to cost the US $10 billion annually! Today members and reps were out in Will County (#Local174), suburban Cook County (#Local58), and the City
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Missouri Leaders Give Support To MACRC At April Delegate Meeting
MACRC delegates gathered in Kansas City on Saturday, April 5, to conduct union business and hear Regional Council updates from EST Kevin McLaughlin. Leaders from across the political aisle also attended the meeting and gave their support to the MACRC. They were briefed on recent health fund mergers, a new season of Built to Last
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St. Louis Carpenters Working On New Liquor Store
If you’re in Missouri, Arkansas or Nebraska you might be familiar with Macadoodles Wine Cellar. They boast over 4,000 brands of fine wine, liquor and imported beer. Their newest location in Union, MO is set to open just in time for the busy July 4th weekend thanks to fast work from our crew at Titan
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Union Carpenters Working On Major Renovation Of KU Football Stadium
Union Carpenters are performing all scopes of the carpenter trade at the $450 million renovation of KU’s Football Stadium. Turner Construction is the general contractor on the massive project upgrading the football stadium. The renovations include a new scoreboard, a new conference center, elevated seating and premium seating that’s closer to the on-field action. Construction
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400 CPS Students Visit Chicago Training Center
About 400 Chicago Public Schools students came out to our Chicago Training Center on Wednesday to attend a hands-on skilled trades event where they learned how to set forms, cut tile, hang drywall and other crafts of our trade. The event – a partnership with CPS, city agencies, City Colleges of Chicago, labor unions and
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