We recently hosted the CPS Skilled Trades Expo at our Chicago training center. This event brought in hundreds of CPS students through our facility where they could do hands-on demonstrations led by MACRC instructors and get face-to-face with dozens of trades contractors. We were
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The MACRC mourns the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, an icon in Illinois and national politics who was deeply commitment to the labor and civil rights movements. Here he is with our Member Engagement Program Director Jonathan Jones. #twill
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On behalf of EST Kevin McLaughlin, MACRC leadership and staff, we wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅
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Today we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the MACRC headquarters in Chicago’s River North neighborhood.
Our Regional Council’s original 4-story building has since been replaced, but we’ve kept some of that centennial history in the new building, including the original
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The MACRC wishes a happy birthday to Local 58 member Ariano Niccoli, who turned 100 years young today! It’s not often we see a union carpenter reach the century mark. Thank you Brother for your 73 years of service. On behalf of the Brotherhood we salute you! #unionstrong
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The MACRC once again had a tremendous showing at the Great Lakes Construction Association's Tailgate Cook-Off at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Our Reps and Members took home 8 medals in various categories including ribs, chicken, and brisket. We cooked over 30 slabs of ribs, 10
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EST Kevin McLaughlin stopped by the old Thompson Center in downtown Chicago to chat with members and get an update on the buildout’s progress. This is one of the city's most high-profile projects and MACRC carpenters continue to set the bar for safety, productivity and efficiency
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Thanks to the massive crowd of MACRC members and their families who assembled yesterday for the @chicagolabor Labor Day Parade in Pullman. We were blessed with beautiful weather as we joined with our fellow Brothers & Sisters in the labor movement to celebrate union solidarity.
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The extended MACRC family took to the streets on Labor Day to celebrate working people and show our Union pride at Parades in Rockford, Schaumburg, Belleville, and Granite City, IL and Desloge, MO. Thanks to these proud members of the Mid-America Carpenters and their families who
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On behalf of EST Kevin McLaughlin, MACRC leadership and staff, we wish everyone a Happy Labor Day! Enjoy the day with friends and loved ones -- you've earned it! #UnionStrong
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"The Lake", an exciting new social club is in the early stages of going up at 205 W. Superior right next to the Chicago Brown line stop in downtown Chicago. Once completed, there'll be 5 stories of restaurant space, spa, and hotel guest rooms. The MACRC Carpenters with GC Bulley
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MACRC members are keeping the pedal to metal on the Shedd Aquarium restoration project. The $500 million, four-phase construction project is led by Chicago-based general contractor partners Pepper/BMI Construction LLC. The new additions include greater physical accessibility, a
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Congratulations to our former EST Gary Perinar who was just named General Vice President of the UBC! It’s a point of pride for the MACRC to see one of our own go from working carpenter to Local President to EST to Vice President of the UBC! #MidAmericaCarpenters #UnionProud #UBC
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MACRC Carpenters #Local4 teamed with Builders Sales and Service and Russell Construction are renovating college in Moline. The college is adding career technical training classrooms, providing space for training such as robotics, mechatronics, welding, industrial tech, and
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MACRC pile drivers joined other pile drivers from around the Midwest to improve their skills at a week-long training session in Coloma, WI. The classroom sessions were followed by hands on field training involving several different real-world scenarios. Proud you're improving and
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The 2025 International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon brought 4,000 architects, developers and contractors together in one place. All UBC councils, including the MACRC, were there to meet with decision makers, reminding them that our mass timber training produces the
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Union Piledrivers are hard at work in icy Lake Michigan building a new marina on the north side of Chicago's Navy Pier. Not quite beach weather yet but that's not going to stop our members from getting the job done! #MACRC #JFBrennan #Piledrivers
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26 Mar 2025
Perfect breakdown short there! Market had some help with that though from the usual culprit (tariff headlines)
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MACRC volunteers teamed up with Rebuild Together Metro Chicago to do safety upgrades for seniors in the Maywood area recently. These residential upgrades allow the residents to live comfortably in a safer home. Hats off to the carpenters with big hearts for donating their skills
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11 Mar 2025
2) une qui confirme essentiellement les chiffres mais dit que les différences de criminalité sont certainement dues à la différence d’âge entre communautés, sans calculer si c’est effectivement le cas (ce que Macrc Vanguard, lui, a fait plusieurs fois - et la réponse est non)
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