Carpenters Union Lawsuit Alleges Al Bond OK’d Questionable Ad Contracts, Pay...
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council is accusing Al Bond, the prominent former carpenters’ union leader in St. Louis, of entering into questionable advertising...
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Cardin Rackley Wants to Build a Landmark
Cardin (Dean) Rackley picked a tough time to get into the contracting business, launching his company Landmark Interior LLC in December 2020 — in the midst of the pandemic. But he has persisted, and...
View ArticleCarpenters Use Tax Season to Warn Voters and Government About Off-The-Books...
The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council joined brothers and sisters in their union across the country this tax season to remind citizens of tax dollars lost to off-the-books payments to workers in...
View ArticleOusted Carpenters Chief Decries ‘Hostile Takeover’ of St. Louis Union
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The former head of the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council says the national union’s decision to put its Chicago office in charge of St. Louis was “nothing...
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Carpenters’ Safety Program Offers Training, Review Partnership With Contractors
“We need each other. If you’re trying to be safe we want to come out and help in any way we can,” Barry Stelzer from the Safety Department of the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council (MACRC) told an...
View ArticlePERSPECTIVE: Watch This Video. When It Comes to Workforce Development, This...
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum Please take two minutes and fourteen seconds and watch this video. It tells a story of which I believe all of us in the industry should...
View ArticleCarpenters, Alterra Leaders Tour Jefferson Arms
The long-delayed redevelopment of the historic Jefferson Arms building in downtown St. Louis is finally set to begin construction. Last week, Gary Perinar, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the...
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Carpenters Celebrate Apprentices at Graduation Ceremony
Amid a serious labor shortage in the national construction industry, the St. Louis Carpenters Union is bringing back a time-honored tradition. This past week, the union held its first apprentice...
View ArticleCarpenters’ Union Sues Developer Paul McKee
From St. Louis Business Journal: The carpenters’ union that covers St. Louis has brought a breach of contract complaint against developer Paul McKee over a loan involving an O’Fallon, Missouri, office...
View ArticleThe Hardest Construction Jobs to Fill
From Construction Dive: Construction needs to find more workers, and there are no easy-to-fill jobs in the industry. In fact, according to an Associated General Contractors of America survey of its...
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