About Our Local

Chartered May 3rd, 1937, Laborers' Local 818 has a long and proud history of representing and training Tennessee's working men and women in the Eastern Cumberland Plateau and upper Eastern area of Tennessee. As a construction union, Local 818 represents construction workers, rad workers, hazardous waste workers, asbestos abatement workers, and ground/maintenance workers. Local 818 has been involved in projects with the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), including the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Uranium storage facility at the Y-12 security complex.

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