Council News

Just a reminder to show your union pride by purchasing the newest apparel with new Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council logo at our online store! Union printer Stars & Stripes added the new apparel with the new MACRC logo for members who want to purchase t-shirts, hoodies, polos, jackets and other apparel and accessories with the

According to the study, about 34% of construction worker families in Illinois are enrolled in at least one federal safety net program. The programs included in the study were Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Aid for Needy Families, Earned Income Tax Credit and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Another success in our ongoing fight against Wage Theft! Earlier this month, Kansas City passed its first ever Wage Theft ordinance to hold cheating contractors accountable. Thanks to Councilman O’Neill for drafting the ordinance & to the City Council for leveling the playing field and standing with working families!

Chicago’s Wrigley Field is one of the historic stadiums in baseball. But this past weekend it was the site of a Big 10 college football showdown between the Purdue University Boilermakers and the hometown Northwestern University Wildcats thanks in part to the efforts of our members. Mid-America Carpenters spent several weeks working at the stadium installing goalposts, building platforms, removing nets,

Watt’s up! Check out this video of a community solar project in northern Illinois. The renewable energy sector is kicking into high gear and union carpenters are the best trained and most productive for racking and module installations! The renewable energy sector is kicking into high gear. For best results, hire Union carpenters and contractors!

Time is running out! The MCL/Voya Open Enrollment period for Supplemental Life, AD&D, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance ends this Sunday October 31, 2021! Hurry! Enroll in the coverage that is right for you with NO MEDICAL QUESTIONS OR EXAMS: • Supplemental Life Insurance up to $250,000 • Supplemental AD&D Insurance up to $250,000 • Critical

It’s official! The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters is now the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council! This change reflects our growing jurisdiction after our recent merger with the St. Louis-Kansas City Regional Council. Both the Chicago and St. Louis-Kansas City Regional Councils are rich with tradition as the birthplace of the UBC and the location where

What an amazing experience our Chicago Sisterhood of Carpenters team had at the DuPage Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build! Our Sisters were so grateful for the  experience and chance to be a part of something so life-changing for these families. What is Women Build? Habitat for Humanity Women Build program recruits, educates, and encourages women

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