Local 264

Laborers 264 Union Hall 1101 East 87th Street Kansas City, MO 64131 Born of strife and struggle, our members have been uniting for better lives since 1903. We honor a heritage that began when courageous workers overcame hostility, threats and violence to join together for better lives. We honor that heritage through current struggles being heard in... government, raising standards for workers and employers on the job, and reaching out to a new generation of workers yearning for a better life. The men and women of Laborers Local #264 do the hard, dangerous and sometimes dirty work of building our communities. We are the most progressive, aggressive and fastest-growing union of construction workers, and one of the most diverse and effective unions representing public service employees. Our members are on the forefront of the construction industry which today is an economic powerhouse of 12 million working men and women who produce 5 percent of the gross domestic product of the U.S. and Canada. A half-million strong, we are united through collective bargaining agreements which help us earn family-supporting pay, good benefits and the opportunity for advancement and better lives. On June 20, 1907 Construction and General Laborers Local Union 264 received its original charter under the following Officers: Barney Yuelkezbeck-President, Anton Weber-Vice President, R. E. Troutman-Recording Secretary, John C. Barnes-Financial Secretary, John Schaumaier-Secretary/Treasurer, Louis Griendl-Sergeant at Arms, and Mike Schoeberl-Guard. We can only surmise the reasons these men banded together to form what was in its infancy this union. History tells us that before Laborers International Union of North America was born in 1903 then known to all as The International Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Union, men worked sixty to seventy hour weeks for one dollar or less per day. The work was dangerous and strenuous, although it is the same today we have measures in place to protect the laborer, then over one hundred years ago ...Read More