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Local 8 · New Brunswick & PEI

Continuing the Proud Tradition of Craft Excellence and Union Solidarity.

Bricklayers, tile setters, stone masons and restoration workers building New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, from our union offices in Saint John and Moncton.

A bricklayer in a white hard hat and hi-vis vest lays red brick with a trowel on a scaffold high above uptown Saint John's heritage brick buildings and the harbour.

Quick Links for Members

One Member Page. Both Offices.

Check your details and reach the hall in Saint John or Moncton.

  • Your trade, contact details and dues on one record
  • Both offices see the same up-to-date page
  • Send a change or a question to the office you choose
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For Members

Dues, work calls, benefits and news from the hall, in one sign-in. In English or French, on your phone or online.

Member app

Local 8 in Your Pocket

Pay dues, answer work calls, keep your tickets current and hear from the Saint John and Moncton offices.

Pay Your Dues Online

Card or bank transfer, with a receipt in your inbox. No more cheques to the office.

Pay now

Work Calls and Out-of-Work List

See open calls in New Brunswick and PEI and put your name on the list, from anywhere.

See calls

Benefits and Help

Your health and welfare plan, and the BAC Member Assistance Program: free, confidential help for working and retired members and their families.

From the International

The BAC Job NETwork for members looking for work further afield, scholarships for members' families, and member discounts.

The BAC Code of Conduct

A Fair Day's Work, to the Highest Standards.

Every BAC member works by the same promise, written by the members themselves. It's why owners and contractors in New Brunswick call Local 8.

  1. Be Union through and through: loyal to and respectful of my brothers and sisters in the trade.

  2. Work Better, with the most complete masonry and trowel-trades training in North America.

  3. Willingly Accept responsibility for the quality of my work and how I behave on the job.

  4. Always be Committed to growing the union trowel trades for the generations to come.

Background photo: Tourism Saint John

A tile setter on knee pads sets large porcelain floor tiles with a rubber mallet in a bright new hospital corridor.

The Trowel Trades

Local 8 members build and restore the walls, floors and fireplaces people live and work with for a hundred years: hospitals, schools, plants and the heritage brick of uptown Saint John.

  • Bricklayers
  • Tile setters
  • Stone masons
  • Restoration
  • Refractory
  • Terrazzo and mosaic
Hire Local 8 members

Build a Career You Can See from the Street

Bricklayer and tile setter are both Red Seal trades. As a union apprentice you're paid from your first day on the job, learn beside a journeyperson, and go to school in blocks.

  1. Talk to the Hall

    Call or email Saint John or Moncton. We'll tell you what's hiring and how to sign on.

  2. Start on the Job

    Work for a union contractor, register as an apprentice, and earn while you learn.

  3. Earn Your Red Seal

    Finish your hours and school, write your exam, and work anywhere in Canada.

About Local 8

One Local, Two Offices, Two Provinces

BAC Local 8 is New Brunswick's local of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, and also represents trowel-trades members on Prince Edward Island. We're a partner union of the New Brunswick Building Trades Unions.

Offices
2
Provinces
NB & PEI
Toll free
1-866-630-1505

Denny Vautour

Business Manager

Part of BAC, the oldest continuously operating trade union in North America, founded in 1865.

Contact the Hall

Two offices, one local. Call, email or send a message, in English or French.

Saint John

506-635-1505

Toll free 1-866-630-1505 · Fax 506-635-0785

BAC Local 8 NB
1216 Sand Cove Road, Unit 32
Saint John, NB  E2M 5V8
apttc@nb.aibn.com

Moncton

506-388-5493

Fax 506-383-9819

96 Norwood Street, Suite 307
Moncton, NB  E1C 6L9
iubac@nb.aibn.com

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