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In-Person Union Meetings Resumed

We are happy to announce that we have resumed in person Union meetings. All meetings will be held at the union hall at 660 N. Industrial Drive, Elmhurst, Illinois.

2021 Membership Award Pictures!

Our Business Representatives have started meeting with and hand delivering the 25, 40, and 50 year awards to our hard working members who we recognize for their many years of hard work and dedicate

2021 Retiree & 40-50-75 Year Membership Service Award Party

On October 17, 2021 the annual Retiree and 40-50-75 year Membership Service Award celebration was held at Medinah Banquets.  As the party was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, we honored

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
- Barack Obama

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Robert E. Shepherd Scholarship

The application window is now closed for 2022. Please visit us later this year for information on the 2023 scholarships.

ADC Executive Board and Executive Committee

After recent retirements at the Executive level, we are pleased to announce our new ADC Executive Board and Executive Committee, pictured from left to right:

Mike Petritis, Executive Vice President and Director - Ceramic Tile, Marble & Terrazzo

Mike Erdenberger - President, Local 21 and Executive Committee member

Ruben Collazo Jr. - Secretary-Treasurer

Michael Volpentesta - President, ADC1 of Illinois

Hector Arellano - Executive Vice President and Director - Pointers, Cleaners & Caulkers

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2021 R.E. Shepherd College Scholarships Awarded

Robert E. Shepherd was the President of the Ceramic Tile Layers Local 67 and later selected to be the Vice President of the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers. Each year the R.E. Shepherd Scholarship Fund awards five $5,000 scholarships to the children of union members. We are happy to announce the recipients of the 2021 R.E. Shepherd college scholarships:

Lauren Benduha, who will be attending Illinois State University.

Ernest Berdychowski, who will be attending Illinois State University.

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