NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | December 15 , 2017 | PAGE 17
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Oregon Bricklayer Ken Bader gets ‘Outstanding Instructor Award’
Bader is a longtime member of
Portland-based Bricklayers &
Allied Crafts Local 1
Ken Bader, a 67-year member
of Bricklayers & Allied Crafts
(BAC) Local 1, Oregon, re-
ceived the international
union’s John B. Scola Out-
standing Instructor Award for
2017.
The BAC Craft Awards are
presented by the Bricklayers
International Union every five
years to recognize “the best of
the best” examples of union
craftsmanship and service to
labor and/or the community.
The program began in 1986.
The 2017 recipients were
announced in October at the
international union’s headquar-
ters in Silver Spring, MD. The
award was officially presented
to Bader Dec. 4 at Local 1’s
retiree holiday luncheon in
Portland.
Bader, 87, was one of the first
class of instructors certified by
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the International
Masonry Institute
(IMI). He spent
over 40 years
teaching the craft
through the Brick-
layers’ apprentice-
ship program, as
well as IMI’s Job
Corps program.
And he didn’t
limit himself to
just bricklaying
KEN BADER
— he also learned
and taught stone,
marble, tile, and
terrazzo.
Throughout his career he BAC Local 1.
“You will never find another
helped spread the growth of
masonry, assisting numerous person like Brother Bader.”
apprenticeship programs in Eleazer stated. “Many people
improving their curriculum work to live but if you ask
Ken, he lives to be a Brick-
and recruitment goals.
He has served as an extraor- layer. Many times, he has told
dinary role model to senior me that masonry is his life.”
The instructor award is
professionals, as well as being
an inspiration to apprentice- named after the late training
ship and labor staff at the be- director and longtime New
ginning of their careers, said York Bricklayer union leader
Matt Eleazer, president of John B. Scola.