LIUNA members are a skilled and experienced union workforce trained to work safely in the construction and energy industries. Members build infrastructure - from roads, bridges, and transit to schools and skyscrapers. They are certified to install rainwater catchment systems and trained to build water and sewer systems. Members also work in every area of the energy sector, helping to build solar plants, wind farms, and natural gas and oil pipelines, as well as, being skilled in the maintenance of nuclear and coal power plant facilities.
LIUNA also represents public employees in health care, sanitation, road maintenance and emergency response. The National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU), which represents Mail Handlers employed by the United States Postal Service, is also affiliated with LIUNA.


Brent Pilarski
Michigan Laborers District Council Business Manager

Alex Zurek
Michigan Laborers District Council Secretary-Treasurer

Chris Chwalek
Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee (GROC) Director

Robert Joerg

Jacob Hilliker
Collections Coordinator

Lynda Pittman
Michigan Laborers District Council Office Manager

Marcus Trammell

Richard Turner
Laborers' Employers’ Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) Director

Katie Barglind
Laborers’-Employers’ Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) Director of Marketing and Business Development

Paul Zurek
Laborers’-Employers’ Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) Services, Media, and Special Projects Rep.

Sidney Gullicksen
Laborers’-Employers’ Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) Operations Analyst

Daryl Gallant
Laborers' Training of Michigan Director

Jeff Smrz
Laborers' Training of Michigan Assistant Director

Scott McDonald
Laborers' Training of Michigan Apprenticeship Director
District Council
Business Manager: Geno Alessandrini
Secretary Treasurer: Alex Zurek
Website: www.Mi-Laborers.org
Address: 1118 Centennial Way, Suite 100 Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: (517) 321-2349
Fax: (517) 321-3266
Jurisdiction: Statewide
Michigan Laborers Benefit Fund
Administrator: WPAS
Website: www.MichiganLaborers.org
Address: 6452 Millennium Dr. Ste. 100, Lansing MI 48917
Phone: (877) 645-2267
Fax: (517) 689-6016
Metro Administrator (Detroit & Vicinity): BeneSys
Website: https://www.ourbenefitoffice.com/LaborersDV/
Address: 700 Tower Dr. Ste. 300, Troy MI 48098
Phone: (248) 813-9800
Fax: (248) 813-9898
Local 355
Business Manager: Arlandar Washington
Secretary Treasurer: Scott Brown
Website: www.Local355.org
Address: 1500 E. Columbia Ave. Battle Creek, MI 49014
Phone: (269) 962-8010
Fax: (269) 962-1431
Jurisdiction: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Ionia (excluding the City of Portland), Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa, St. Joseph, and Van Buren Counties
Local 499
Business Manager: Dan Minton
Secretary Treasurer: Mike Hayter
Website: www.laborerslocal499.org
Address: 3080 Platt Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Phone: (734) 971-5212
Fax: (734) 971-0094
Jurisdiction: Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, and Washtenaw Counties
Local 1098
Business Manager/Secretary Treasurer: Brent Pilarski
Website: www.Local1098.org
Address: 345 E. Morley Dr. Saginaw, MI 48601
Phone: (989) 752-6146
Fax: (989) 752-5799
Jurisdiction: Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Antrim, Bay, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Emmet, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Huron, Iosco, Isabella, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Midland, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, Tuscola, and Wexford Counties
Local 1191
Business Manager: Mike Aaron
Secretary Treasurer: Mikyia Aaron
Website: www.LaborersLocal1191.org
Address: 2161 West Grand Blvd. Detroit, MI 48208
Phone: (313) 894-2241
Fax: (313) 894-6250
Jurisdiction: Wayne and Macomb Counties
Local 1329
Business Manager: Geno Alessandrini Jr.
Secretary Treasurer: Anthony Alessandrini
Website: www.LiunaLocal1329.org
Address: 1800 N. Stephenson Ave. Iron Mountain, MI 49801
Phone: (906) 774-6070
Fax: (906) 774-1199
Jurisdiction: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft County; Florence County and the and City of Marinette Wisconsin
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