Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
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Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1
The bricklayers union isn’t just for bricklayers. It’s also for an array of allied craftspeople, including tile setters, marble masons, restoration workers, and terrazzo and mosaic workers.
Training the Next Generation
Champion apprentices
Bricklayers Local 1 apprentices gathered for a friendly skills competition judged by members of the joint apprenticeship training committee.
Training the Next Generation
Handcuffs to hardhats?
Three locals are launching a pre-apprenticeship program for inmates in the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Union democracy
New leadership at Bricklayers and Allied Crafts Local 1
Training center director Shawn Lenczowski succeeds longtime president Matt Eleazer, who left to take a job at the international union.
In Memoriam
Bill Belanger, 1942-2021
A former apprenticeship coordinator, president, and business agent of Bricklayers Local 1, he remained active in the union to the end.
Workers Rights
What’s Portland Public Schools hiding? Possibly wage theft?
Construction union reps say the district delays, redacts, and charges exorbitantly for public records they need for wage theft investigations.
Worker safety
Masonry workers working COVID safe
BAC Local 1 held a video contest showing how masonry workers are finding ways to work COVID-safe—like a hydraulic arm lifting concrete blocks in place.
Training the Next Generation
Bricklayers Local 1 apprentices compete
The annual contest in bricklaying, tilesetting, marble, and pointer/cleaner/caulker requires participants to build a project from a blueprint in five hours.
Jobs
Tilesetting jobs were the one union sore spot on the Hyatt project
Bricklayers Local 1 warned Mortenson that there’d be problems with non-union contractor.
Union democracy
Bricklayers Local 1 Oregon expands jurisdiction
BAC Local 1 Oregon now covers workers in Idaho, Montana, and portions of Washington.
Labor History
Bricklayers Local 1 celebrates 125 years
When BAC Local 1 began on May 22, 1893, bricklayers were making $6 a day and working six 10-hour days a week.
Culture
Women in the Trades
Nationally, women have never accounted for more than 3 percent of building trades workers. We asked three women building trades workers to share their stories.
Culture
Annual contest challenges Bricklayer apprentices
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 held its annual apprenticeship contest April 1 at its training center in Northeast Portland.
Worker safety
Silicosis hits home
The disease can strike anyone exposed, even someone who teaches good safety practices to others.
People
Bricklayer Matt Eleazer featured in episode of Brotherhood Outdoors
A fishing expedition with the Bricklayers president will air on the Sportsman Channel
Jobs
Southwest Washington students get taste of construction careers
About 1,200 high school students took part in the construction job fair
Building our communities
Bricklayers Local 1 celebrates old and new members
Congressman Kurt Schrader was a guest at the annual pin awards dinner.
