About Iron Workers Local 8
Iron Workers Local 8 was chartered on January 1, 1901, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For 125 years, our members have built the steel skeleton of eastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Every highway overpass, every high-rise, every stadium and industrial plant in this region carries the work of Local 8 ironworkers in its bones.
We are part of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, one of the oldest building trades unions in North America. Our jurisdiction covers eastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, and our members live and raise families in the same communities where they work.
From the post-war building boom of the 1950s through the construction of Miller Park and the ongoing transformation of Milwaukee's skyline, Local 8 ironworkers have been on every major project. We take pride in the fact that our work stands for generations. The beams we connect today will hold weight for a hundred years.
Our training center in Milwaukee provides state-of-the-art apprenticeship education, certified welding programs, and continuing education for journeymen. We invest in our members because the work demands it. Ironwork is precise, physical, and safety-critical. There are no shortcuts.