ICE PRESIDENT PROUD TO PROVIDE JOBS THAT BUILD COMMUNITIES

In his address to the 2022 BAC Special Convention, Michael Schmerbeck, President of the International Council of Employers of BAC (ICE), discussed challenges and opportunities facing the union masonry industry – from material design trends to the need for skilled workers and how to compete against open shop contractors.

Schmerbeck talked about his pride in being a union contractor and providing good, safe jobs with health care and retirement benefits to his employees. “I saw firsthand what the union did for my family,” said Schmerbeck, whose father was a longstanding BAC member. “When I was a young kid, we never worried about health care. I saw my father retire, and how he did so with a little bit of dignity and comfort.”