History
1902
Local #7 was chartered in Baltimore on August 20, 1902. Just two years later the Local contributed to the rebuilding efforts after the Great Fire of Baltimore destroyed over 1,500 buildings and damaged another 1,000. During Baltimore’s industrial peak, Local #7 members helped build the city’s best known manufacturing facilities Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Lever Brothers, and Dominos Sugars.
1960-1990
As the downtown business district grew during the 1960’s and 70’s it brought more work for our members during the construction of some of Baltimore’s tallest buildings: Charles Towers, Tremont Hotel, and its tallest the U.S.F.&G (now TransAmerica). The revitalization of the inner harbor area soon followed adding more work on the World Trade Center, Baltimore Arena and the surrounding retail and entertainment buildings throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s. The construction of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the subway system, the convention center, and Ravens Stadium encompassed years’ worth of escalator work throughout the 1990’s.
Today
Today some of our largest projects are contract service and modernizing elevators, escalators, and moving walks at health care facilities like Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Systems, and the Baltimore Washington International Airport.
Since our humble beginnings in 1902…
We have grown to more than 360 members with over 190 retirees.
The Local’s jurisdiction has expanded out from its roots in Baltimore City to include 18 of Maryland’s 23 counties along with Sussex County Delaware and sharing Kent County Delaware with Local 5. If you follow the Mason-Dixon line from the Appalachian Mountains in western Maryland down to the Atlantic beaches of Rehoboth and Ocean City, you will find our members working and living.
From the steps of the state capital in Annapolis up to the top of the Chesapeake Bay, Local #7 members continue to carry on our union elevator constructor heritage well into the 21st century.
