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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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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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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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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Applications are now open for our Concrete Form Building Apprenticeship Program. Come learn from the best of the best and start your rock solid career today! The application period for the Concrete Form Builder Program is now open and will close on February 19, 2026, at 3:00 PM. Applications are only accepted during this time frame, so we encourage
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The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council has grown its jurisdictional boundaries to include the states of Iowa and Nebraska in a restructuring that makes the five-state Regional Council one of the largest carpenters’ Councils in the country with more than 57,000 union carpenters in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa and Nebraska. Recently, General President Douglas McCarron
There may not be a lot of sunshine these days, but when it returns there’ll be a new spot to catch some shade at the South Boeing Gallery in Chicago’s Millennium Park thanks to a new reclaimed timber pavilion crafted and installed by MACRC carpenters! This partnership with Chicago Architectural Biennial, Millennium Park, Skidmore, Owens
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More than 750 proud union members, families, and friends came together to celebrate 260 newly minted journeymen and journeywomen from the northern Illinois region at the MACRC’s 52nd annual Apprentice Graduation Dinner! These graduates represent the future of our union and they’re ready to build it. Special thanks to the distinguished guests and speakers who
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The extended MACRC family took to the streets on Labor Day to celebrate working people and show our Union pride at Parades in Rockford, Schaumburg, Belleville, and Granite City, IL and Desloge, MO. Thanks to these proud members of the Mid-America Carpenters and their families who took time on their hard-earned day off to show
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It was a banner day at the Illinois State Capitol for the Tradeswomen Take Over Springfield day of action. More than 300 tradeswomen from throughout the state converged at the capitol today to lobby lawmakers on behalf of a new resolution advocating state-level policies that strengthen pathways for women in the trades. Local 237 member
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