Founded in 1865, the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers represents craftworkers in the trowel trades across the United States and Canada including bricklayers, stone and marble masons, cement masons, plasterers, tilesetters, terrazzo and mosaic workers, and pointers/cleaners/caulkers.
Last week, the IUBAC held our virtual 2020 International Union Convention. On behalf of BAC Local 2 MI, I would like to congratulate the IUBAC's Executive Board on their election as follows:
Advantages of becoming a signatory Contractor to the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers
Skilled Flexible Workforce, Apprenticeship Training, Free Upgrade Training, and Drug Free Workforce.
Join the apprentices & journeymen of BAC Local 2 MI in saying, “I built that!” BAC Local 2 represents all facets of the masonry sciences; Brick and Block, Stone, Cement, Plaster, Pointing/Cleaning/Caulking [Restoration and Preservation], Refractory, and Tile, Marble, or Terrazzo.
[Herndon, VA – October 3, 2018] Earlier today, the U.S. Senate passed the Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education and Promotion Act, providing Congressional authorization for the concrete masonry products industry to develop its own commodity checkoff program to support needed industry initiatives. The concrete masonry products bill was included in H.R. 302 as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018.
BrettGierak
on Tuesday, November 16 2021 - 12:33pm
We are happy to invite our Medicare members to an educational seminar hosted with BCBSM to review the Medicare plan options available through the Fund. There will be 2 separate meetings which will be held on Tuesday November 30th at 10:30 am BAC Local 2 21031 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI 48091 and Thursday December 2nd at 10:30 am Country Inn and Suites 6511 Centurion Dr. Lansing, MI 48917. There will also be BCBSM pharmacy members available to answer any pharmacy questions.
SANTA FE – A Republican-backed attempt to make New Mexico the nation’s 29th state with a right-to-work law fizzled Saturday in a House panel and appears dead for this year’s 60-day legislative session.
The House Labor and Economic Development Committee voted 6-5 along party lines – with Democrats voting in the affirmative – to table the measure, which was aimed at allowing New Mexico workers to avoid paying fees at union workplaces.
Construction spending on projects under way in the first three quarters of 2018 topped the same period in 2018 by 5.5%. Spending growth was well balanced among residential, private nonresidential and public projects.
Construction employment climbed by 4.9% from October 2017 to October 2018. That growth rate was nearly triple the 1.7% increase in total nonfarm payroll employment, a sign that contractors are busy now and expect to remain busy in the near future.
Joe Guziewicz spent much of the past 20 years building high-rise hotels and casino towers around the country for Caesars Entertainment. Now he’s bringing that skyscraper expertise to building what promises to become the tallest building on Detroit’s skyline.
