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Local 860's Safety Message is seen by over 100,000 spectator's at the 2009 Air Show!

 

 

BUILDING ON A FIRM FOUNDATION

Laborers' Local 860 has proudly served the Heavy Highway and Utilities Construction trades since it were chartered in 1937. Today, we have more than 2,200 active members, including 400 retirees, along with over 98 percent market share of public highway and utility infrastructure work in Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties. 

We are an affiliate of the Washington, D.C.-based Laborers' International Union of North America, founded in 1903.  The Laborers' Union is dedicated to protecting the wages and benefits, jobsite safety, and employment opportunities of more than 600,000 working men and women nationwide.  Members are engaged in public works that benefit the community — highways, waterworks, sewers, utilities and airports.

Among these are the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project and the Cleveland Innerbelt Project — both only steps away from our new headquarters. Others include the gigantic interceptors for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District and new runways for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Local 860 not only helps contractors to win projects to keep our market share, we respond to their increasingly challenging workforce needs. These include state-of-the-art apprentice training and safety programs that reduce accidents, advance productivity, and lower costs.  

Furthermore, as a progressive union dedicated to the well-being of our members, we have secured an alliance with Cleveland State University to train our retirees to become utility and road construction inspectors. 

The acquisition, restoration, and renovation of Southworth House, fully-funded from our prudent investment returns, insures that our members will have the finest union facility in America for years to come.  In fact, the investment is far less than what a new headquarters would have cost. Finally, in safeguarding this 19th century treasure, we are reaffirming our commitment to the community we serve.


— Anthony D. Liberatore, Jr.
Business Manager/Secretary Treasurer
Laborers' Local No. 860