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East Central College Announces JATC Associate's Degree Partnership

East Central College has formally announced the new agreement on their website and in a series of press releases. An excerpt is below:

Job Action Against Washington Apartments near Washington University

Bricklayers' Local 1 has an active job action on the Washington Apartments, located at 6678 Washington Avenue across from the Washington University Campus, for hiring a contractor paying substandard wages to perform its restoration work.

2019 Bricklayer 500 to be held Thursday, Sept 12!

The 2019 Bricklayer 500 Regional Competition will be held Thursday, Sept 12 at Kirchner Midwest Brick & Block!  JT and Jakob Payne will be back to defend their title, but there's only room for a limited number of teams, so enter now!  You can

New Associate's Degree Program Available to Bricklayers Local 1 JATC Program Graduates

Bricklayers’ Local 1 of Missouri Joint Apprenticeship Training Center now offers an Apprenticeship Training-Skilled Trades Associate’s Degree in Applied Science (AAS) through East Central College.  The Associate’s Degree program is available to all current and active Bricklayers’ Local 1 of

Apprenticeship Program featured on Open Source Podcast

Recently, Bricklayers' Local 1 Apprenticeship Coordinator Dale Jennewein and St. Louis Job Corps Bricklaying Instructor Otis Peebles sat down to explain our training programs with Bonita Cornute for her Open Source Podcast on Apprenticeship.    

JOB ACTION AGAINST ERC CONSTRUCTION IN LAKE ST. LOUIS

Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri is bannering a new apartment complex in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, to alert the public that this developer hired an out-of-state Contractor that pays its workers substandard wages and benefits.