Carpenters Local 1185

03/20/2026

🎉🛠️Congratulations to our completing group! 🎉🛠️

Join us in congratulating our Floor Coverer Apprentices on successfully completing the training portion of their apprenticeship. We’re excited to watch your careers continue to grow as you take the next steps forward.

Let’s leave some words of encouragement in the comments below. ⬇️

01/31/2026

Thank you to Mapei for coming to our Elk Grove training center to train flooring installer apprentices on newly developed methods for surface preparation. This clinic presented an opportunity for apprentices to test these products before applying them in a real world scenario. Working closely with our partners to provide hands-on training ensures the flooring preparation will be done on time, the first time! It won’t be long before these apprentices are journey-level INSTALL-certified flooring installers!

01/20/2026

01/08/2026

Can’t stop won’t stop. Flooring Installers are picketing for Area Standards against NPN Flooring at Water’s Edge Golf Club in Worth, IL. Workers are not being treated in a fairway!

01/08/2026

Shoutout to this talented group of Floorlayers for rising up in their careers and becoming new journeymen! Your hard work and dedication doesn't go unnoticed. This is just the beginning Brothers!

Left to right Oscar Flores, Noah Kolodziejczak, Zachary Koszyk, Matt Pinkston, Alejandro Posada, Alejandro Serrano Ramirez

12/19/2025

🛠️🎉 Congratulations our Floor Coverer Apprentices!

Today you complete your Apprenticeship and take the next steps as Journeymen. We’re proud of your hard work and dedication and wish you all continued success in your careers!

Let’s leave some words of encouragement in the comments below ⬇️

10/21/2025

10/19/2025

Congratulations to our Floor Coverer Apprentices! 🎉

We’re proud of this group for completing their four-year apprenticeship. Your dedication, hard work, and commitment to mastering your craft truly set you apart. Here’s to a bright future and a career built on skill and excellence!

We can’t wait to see all that you’ll accomplish — keep us posted and don’t forget to share photos of your work!

Drop some words of wisdom for our completers in the comments!

09/01/2025

On behalf of EST Kevin McLaughlin, MACRC leadership and staff, we wish everyone a Happy Labor Day! Enjoy the day with friends and loved ones -- you've earned it!

03/01/2025

Congrats to Flooring Installers 's newest class of journeymen! Welcome to the level of elite flooring professionals-- your hard work and dedication paid off!