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Best of the West Under the Big Sky

The sun was just beginning to rise on a crisp Montana morning when Local 1 Oregon/Washington/Idaho/Montana President Shawn Lenczowski announced the start of the annual Western Region Apprentice Contest.  

BAC Leaders Bring BAC Priorities to AFL-CIO Convention

In early June, thousands of unionists from across the United States gathered in Minneapolis for the convention of the AFL-CIO – the labor federation made up of the vast majority of the nation’s unions.

For BAC Masons, A Capitol Achievement

From Defending the Nation to Building It

Whether joining an apprenticeship after testing it out in Vocational School, following in their family’s footsteps, or finding it as a second career, everyone has a unique journey into the trades.

BAC Craftworkers & IMI Deliver Innovative Post-Tensioned Brick Screen Wall

At first glance, the Myers Switchgear building at Drexel University looks like a simple brick structure.  

But its façade belies a complex design involving “post-tensioning” brick, an unusual type of masonry where steel bars or

BAC Organizers Expose Abusive Contractor – And Get Results

When Rosales Masonry (also known as 5G Masonry and Rock & Stone Masonry) started building a senior living center in suburban St. Louis, the Eastern Missouri ADC didn’t just watch the non-union contractor take BAC work. They fought back. And they didn’t do it alone.