The Union Advantage

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BAC Local 15 provides clients throughout Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska with highly trained, high-quality craftsmen. Our objective is to help our clients, and our members prosper by providing the most productive, cost-effective, quality-minded workforce available anywhere. This objective is our commitment as a business organization serving a constructive role for this industry and your business.

 

BAC Local 15 provides trained professional Bricklayers to commercial, industrial, and residential building contractors. BAC Local 15 also operates an apprenticeship program to ensure the ongoing availability of trained, qualified workers. 

KEY BENEFITS

Here are some of the key benefits to becoming an affiliated client: 

  • Flexible help – Having the help you need when you need it saves you money on labor costs. BAC Local 15 members are available when you need them, for as long as you need them, even in cities where you do not usually do business. When you are done, their employment concludes, or you can move them to another job. No recruitment or advertising. No time wasted chasing and interviewing. No “trying them out for a week or two.” We can put skilled, qualified workers on your doorstep in less than 24 hours, every time.
     
  • Training – We provide year-round training to our members at our training center that is provided to the contractor and workforce at no additional charge. How much do you spend each year on safety training alone? Every union employee you hire will save you that amount (typically between $500 and $2000 per employee) every single year. 
     
  • Lower safety-related costs – Our training programs stress the connection between safety and competitiveness. BAC Local 15 members put safety first every time, which means you save on comp costs, downtime costs, and absenteeism costs.
     
  • Productivity – Higher productivity means higher profits. BAC Local 15 members must be the best trained, highly skilled and productive craftsmen available anywhere. That means no rework. That means on time and on-budget. That means no unskilled hands.
     
  • Moneymakers – Every contractor has his money-makers; maybe one or two out of every six workers. We can at least double the number you have got. How much more money would you make with twice the number of money-makers?
     
  • Supervision  – How long does it take you to develop a good foreman or superintendent? How much money does it cost you along the way? One of the most common reasons companies like yours become union contractors is that they want to grow. We can provide qualified supervision. If you could add two foremen and crews next year, how much would that add to your bottom line?

COST SAVINGS

  • No benefits administration costs – one-stop solution
  • Savings on prevailing wage projects with no load paid on the fringe benefits
  • Savings from using approved apprentices at much lower rates; training while lowering your overall crew costs
  • Lower turnover, as most of our members are in it for a career and not just a job.
     

WHAT NEXT?

We would like to have an opportunity to present the benefits of our services. There is no obligation on your part. This would consist of a brief meeting to explain in detail how your company can benefit and, even more importantly, for you to see that we mean business. We know we must prove ourselves before anything else.  To get more information on becoming a partner with BAC, complete this brief survey https://baclocal15.org/getting-know-you

We thank you for taking the time to research Local 15  and hope to have the opportunity to demonstrate how we can be an effective, value-added business partner.