What We Do...

The Midwest Regional Office provides resources of the International Union to assist 76 Local Unions and 7 District Councils across Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma,South Dakota and Texas. 

Headquartered in Springfield, Illinois, the Midwest Regional Office administers a variety of programs to assist the Region's 58,000 Local Union members.

The Regional Manager and 7 International Representatives administer the National Agreements, the LIUNA Constitutions, and carry out the direction of the Union's General President and General Executive Board.

The Midwest Region Tri-Funds Field Coordinator assists in servicing the union's three joint labor-management programs, the Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund, the Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, and the Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America.

Through the Laborers'-AGC Education and Training Fund, the Midwest Region has 9 state-of-the-art training centers that educates Laborers in basic and specialized construction skills.  The Training Centers also administer the union's Apprenticeship Program for new members into the union.

The Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust works with union-signatory construction contractors to promote the benefits of union construction and to increase the market share of union contractors.  The Midwest Region has 7 LECET programs, in North Central Illinois, Southwestern Illinois, Southern and Central Illinois, Eastern Missouri, Western Missouri and Kansas, and Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

The Midwest Region Laborers' Health and Safety Fund was created in 1999 to protect the health and welfare of Laborers.  Through education, training, and promotion of personal health and job safety, the Fund is protecting contractors and members.

The Midwest Region Organizing Committee helps bring new members into the Laborers by assisting workers to achieve the benefits of collective bargaining and union representation.  Staff organizers work across the Midwest Region assisting construction and non-construction workers achieve a voice in the workplace.