ABOUT YOUR LOCAL UNION
As a member, you are represented on the job by your Local Union. The Officers are comprised by a panel of board members elected by you-the union member-which delegates and controls all union business. The staff of the Local 773 provides day-to-day representation for all members of Local 773.
Your Local Union protects you in many ways, such as:
•Enforces rights under the "Collective Bargaining Agreement" • A method of determining wages, hours and other working conditions of employment through direct negotiations between the Local union representatives and the employer. The collective bargaining is a written contract which covers all the employees in the bargaining unit.
•Assists members in finding construction employment through its referral services or hiring hall.
•Provides apprenticeship and training programs, offering members the opportunity to develop and improve skills needed to obtain-and to retain- employment in an ever more complex and demanding working world.
•Enforces legal rights, such as those extended to workers under the National Labor Relations Act.
•Promotes jobsite safety as guaranteed under OSHA.
•Protects against discrimination in employment by enforcing both contract rights and legal rights such as those found in Title VII of the Equal Employment Opportunities Act.
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OFFICIAL DEDICATION OF
LABORERS' LOCAL 773
THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING OF LABORERS' LOCAL 773 IN MARION, IL HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF CONNELL F. SMITH SR., 1914-1988, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADERSHIP AND GROWTH OF THE UNION. PICTURED BELOW IS MARY JEWEL SMITH, WIFE OF THE LATE CONNELL F. SMITH SR., AND A CURRENT AND LONG STANDING MEMBER OF LABORERS' LOCAL 773.