Cement Masons & Plasterers Union

Local Lodge #926

Want to join an elite membership of skilled craftsmen and women who are trained to be the best? Looking for a defined benefit pension? Excellent healthcare for you and your family? A generous annuity plan? If you answered “Yes”, then the WV Cement Masons Union #926 is right for you.

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More Than Excellent Wages

Our Apprentices Have An Opportunity To Build A Career In The Construction Trades

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Learn With The Best

Our apprenticeship is nationally accredited through the U. S. Dept. of Labor. The OPCMIA operates a host of training programs that open doors of opportunity to fulfilling careers in our crafts for aspiring workers — and that guarantee the most skilled, safest, most productive workers in the world to contractors.

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Earn While You Learn

Cement masons, plasterers are in high demand across the United States – and as an apprentice you can learn in-demand job skills while you earn top wages and enjoy excellent benefits, including: Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Health Insurance, OSHA Certifications & More.

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Unlock Your Future

OPCMIA apprentices learn through classroom, shop, online, and on-the-job training in one of the country’s best construction industry apprenticeship programs. WV Cement Masons Local 926 is dedicated to the recruitment and training of skilled craftsmen to meet the demand of our industry.

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Brotherhood Of Skilled Craftsmen & Women

Skilled cement mason and plaster tradespeople finish interior walls and ceilings of buildings and apply plaster on masonry, metal, and wire lath or gypsum. Cement masons are responsible for all concrete construction, including pouring and finishing of slabs, steps, wall tops, curbs and gutters, sidewalks and paving. As early as man was building shelter for himself, there was plastering – first with mud or clay and later with a lime mixture much like that used today.

The OPCMIA represents workers in two major segments of the construction industry, Plaster and Concrete. Both segments have multiple specialty fields and niche markets which are essential to maintaining the variety and quality of construction projects throughout North America.

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Our History

As the oldest Building and Construction Trades Union in the United States, the organization traces its roots back to 1864, during the American Civil War, when an organization known variously as the National Plasterer’s Union or the National Plasterers Organization began to unify the various local craft unions that represented workers in the trade. Today, the OPCMIA continues to live by the principles upon which it was founded and which will continue to be its strength in the future. As it has been for over a century, the OPCMIA continues to be proud, strong and united.

What We Do

The OPCMIA represents workers in two major segments of the construction industry, Plaster and Concrete. Both segments have multiple specialty fields and niche markets which are essential to maintaining the variety and quality of construction projects throughout North America.

Work Anywhere In West Virginia

Our jurisdiction covers all fifty-five (55) counties of West Virginia. Cement Masons Local 926 covers the entire state of West Virginia and their training center is in Parkersburg.

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What Type Of Work Does A Cement Mason Do?

OPCMIA members place and finish concrete in a wide range of uses. The use of this rock solid material requires a well trained and skilled workforce. OPCMIA members also apply various plaster products in a wide range of uses. The use of the varied forms of this product in the walls and ceiling industry requires a well trained and skilled workforce.

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How Is Plaster Different From Concrete?

As durable as the ancient pyramids of Egypt, and as decorative as the Palace of Versailles, plaster is not just an old fashioned product. Thousands of years after its refinement as a building material, plaster still provides durable interior and exterior walls, it decorates our shopping malls and amusement parks, and it provides fire resistance and durability in our offices and schools.

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