Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 Archives

Bill Belanger, 1942-2021

Mar 3, 2021

A former apprenticeship coordinator, president, and business agent of Bricklayers Local 1, he remained active in the union to the end.

What’s Portland Public Schools hiding? Possibly wage theft?

Nov 3, 2020

Construction union reps say the district delays, redacts, and charges exorbitantly for public records they need for wage theft investigations.

Masonry workers working COVID safe

May 13, 2020

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.

Bricklayers Local 1 apprentices compete

Mar 18, 2020

The annual contest in bricklaying, tilesetting, marble, and pointer/cleaner/caulker requires participants to build a project from a blueprint in five hours.

Tilesetting jobs were the one union sore spot on the Hyatt project

Jan 15, 2020

Bricklayers Local 1 warned Mortenson that there’d be problems with non-union contractor.

Bricklayers Local 1 Oregon expands jurisdiction

Oct 17, 2019

BAC Local 1 Oregon now covers workers in Idaho, Montana, and portions of Washington.

Bricklayers Local 1 celebrates 125 years

Oct 3, 2018

When BAC Local 1 began on May 22, 1893, bricklayers were making $6 a day and working six 10-hour days a week.

Women in the Trades

May 31, 2017

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.

Annual contest challenges Bricklayer apprentices

Apr 19, 2017

Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 held its annual apprenticeship contest April 1 at its training center in Northeast Portland.

Silicosis hits home

Apr 18, 2016

The disease can strike anyone exposed, even someone who teaches good safety practices to others.