Get on Living Stronger
More than 60 businesses contributed to this campaign led by the North La Crosse Business Association to remind people that they need to get on living safely to help our small, local businesses keep their lights on because our friends and neighbors rely on these jobs.
May 1, 1926
Both the laborers union and the Master Builders Association reached an agreement in 1926 to increase the wages of carpenters, plasterers, electricians, painters, hod carriers, mud-mixers (cement) and bricklayers.
Apr 1, 1926
With a wage agreement expiring, the mortar mixers and hod carriers went on strike, demanding a raise from $1.25 to $1.37 1/2 per hour. Without these two sets of workers, bricklayers could not work. The request for wage...
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