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  • NYC Carpenters rat ruling regime
    The giant, snarling, inflatable rat has been widely employed by unions in labor disputes with employers and non-union contractors in recent years, but on the lower west side of Manhattan this past August, the iconic species of rodent bared its teeth at an unusual target: The headquarters of the New York City District Council of Carpenters (NYCDC). 
     
  • Letter to the editor: “You Have Given Me Strength And Courage”
    The following is an excerpt from a letter by a longtime leader of union operating engineers in California. Printed with permission.
     
  • Are UBC locals really labor organizations?



UDR Story

  • Carpenter groups in NY and NJ split from UBC
  • In IBEW Local 3

    Brandon Perrone, journeyman electrician and union democracy advocate, ran for business manager of IBEW local 3 this past election cycle. With no slate, few campaign resources, and no organizational machinery to speak of, Perrone still managed to secure 556 votes, not too bad when only 3,800 of the 34,000 eligible members bothered to vote. Recently, Perrone raised the hackles of local officials by protesting the elimination of "New Business" and "Good of The Union" items from local meeting agendas. 

  • NY/NJ Council augurs badly for NYC Carpenters
  • Dual power in the NYC Carpenters Union



    Throughout the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, in all of the United States, there remains one last remnant of union democracy, and that's in the New York City District Council of Carpenters. International President Douglas McCarron would like to eradicate this vestige so that the 22,000- member unit can be forced into the authoritarian mold of unionism he has successfully devised for his union everywhere else. 

  • Grassroots discussion site for NYC Carpenters
    To give carpenters a place to discuss, debate and even just vent about what'’s going on in their union, John Musumeci, former treasurer of Local 157, has transformed his own internet site into an online discussion forum for the whole council. 
     
  • IBEW brass undercuts members' vote petition
    In November 2010, members of the International Brotherhood of Electricians started a Facebook group to organize a movement for one member, one vote in elections for international union officers. [OMOV!]  
  • Resisting attack from the right; fighting the mob
    Facing the most outright attack since President Reagan broke the air traffic controllers association, unions are responding with an unusual display of labor power. Reagan destroyed the union, but he stopped short of challenging the fundamental right of unions to represent workers. The new assault goes further as the anti-union right seeks to end or drastically curb the very principle of collective bargaining itself.
     
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