The Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 9 PA represents craftworkers in the trowel trades across Western Pennsylvania including bricklayers, stone masons, tilesetters and finishers, terrazzo and pointers/cleaners/caulkers.
Additional training opportunities are offered at the International Masonry Training Center for BAC Members. Please see the link attached below for the training calendar.
U.S. Bates Scholarship
on Wednesday, February 19 2020 - 3:43pm
BAC annually awards three scholarships to students whose parents or step-parents are U.S. BAC members. The stipends are $5,000 per year for up to four years – up to $20,000 total.
To be eligible for the scholarship, students must:
LynsieHogle
on Wednesday, January 29 2020 - 2:07pm
In order to receive pension-related credits in your home pension fund(s) while working outside your jurisdiction, you must fill out the attached form to receive all contributions for your hours worked.
How often have you heard the phrase – you get what you pay for? Probably a lot. However, our culture has taught us to buy the cheapest product available. And while finding a bargain is a good way to make our earnings go further, it also puts price over performance.
Wage theft, which includes the misclassification of workers as "independent contractors," is a nationwide problem affecting millions and is especially widespread in the construction industry. When an employer treats a worker as an independent contractor rather than as an employee – despite the fact that the employer controls and directs how the worker performs his or her work and exercises financial control over the economic aspects of the worker's job – the employer is misclassifying the worker.
