Category: Labor Union
Primary Power Base: Bridgeport, McKinley Park, Near South Side
Reach: Citywide
Veil Involvement: Rumored  

Public Face

Ironworkers Architectural and Ornamental Local 63 presents itself as a proud union of skilled tradesmen—experts in stairs, rails, fences, and iron façades. Their hall is plastered with photos of completed jobs across the Loop and the Yards. They back safety campaigns, sponsor Little League teams, and march with banners held high during Labor Day parades.  

True Influence

Behind closed doors, Local 63 controls access to dozens of high-profile construction sites, union permits, and subcontracting licenses. They rig safety inspections, reroute zoning requests, and quietly blacklist contractors who don't play ball. They’ve also got an eye for iron that sings through the Veil—ritual gates, sigil-laced railings, and so-called "memory steel" forged to hold ghosts in place.  

Known Members

• Frank “Uncle Pins” Maresco, Business Agent – Keeps the books clean, the pickets mean, and the whispers quieter still.
• Salvatore DeMarco, Organizer – Said to know which rebar bundles hum when the Veil gets close.
• Jackie Mullaney, Job Steward – Former boxer with more scars than pay stubs.
• Nora Costello, Admin Clerk – Files everything twice: once for the hall, once for whoever pays better.
• “Mitch the Torch” O’Malley, Retired – Still shows up every Friday with a flask and rumors.

 

Allies & Rivals

• Allies: Joe “Bagels” Testa’s construction crews, Bridgeport political families, select Veil-craftsmen from Bronzeville
• Rivals: Iron Workers Local 1 (conflicting turf), CPD Internal Affairs, certain Outfit foremen who refuse to “donate”

 

Assets & Quirks

• Asset: Access to city zoning records weeks before they’re public—used for both leverage and Veil-dowsing
• Quirks: They install a sigil-etched spike into every public-facing job, hidden under finials or joint caps

 

Current Agenda

Push through a city ordinance requiring “aesthetic ironwork” on all new commercial properties—boosts union work, but also seeds the city with hidden Veil wards. They’re also investigating a rash of mysterious injuries at worksites tied to a rust-colored spirit no one wants to name.  

Rumors & Hooks

• Frank Maresco once buried a cursed gate under McKinley Park—some say it's still ticking, just under the soil.
• The union paid off a priest to bless a girder. It burned when the workers tried to weld it.
• A bridge railing near Goose Island whispers in dead languages when it rains.
• Several apprentices vanished last year. The only thing left were scorched boots and handprints in the steel mold.
• Sal DeMarco walks jobsites at midnight, talking to bent metal like it’s family.
• The old Local 63 hall was demolished for ‘structural instability’—but no record of instability exists.
• The PCs are offered a job delivering something “Veil-sensitive” to a site with heavy union protection.
• An NPC close to the crew suddenly stops talking—after filing a complaint against Local 63.
• A hidden ritual in the union charter gives someone power over spirits trapped in iron—but the original signer disappeared in 1903.