tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51492432011-10-16T11:32:55.495-07:00activists working for union democracy: <br> <a href="http://uniondemocracy.blogspot.com/">home page</a><br>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03397708609116202142noreply@blogger.comBlogger1071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149243.post-47974737206612009792008-05-07T21:07:00.000-07:002008-05-07T21:12:17.015-07:00

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LaborTalk (September 5, 2005) By Harry KelberWhy is Labor’s Notorious Autocrat A Coalition Partner of Stern’s SEIU?Douglas McCarron tightened his control of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners at the union’s convention in Las Vegas on Aug. 25, when delegates voted to give him a third five-year term. A pro-democratic opposition slate, Restore the Vote, and its individual candidates

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CONSTRUCTION UNION CHALLENGES: BLDG. TRADES TACKLE DISAFFILIATION; CARPENTERS FACE LEADERSHIP RACE - ILCA Online While Sullivan wrestled with the impact of the departure of the Carpenters and Teamsters, Carpenters President McCarron faced a slate of challengers at his union's convention, which opened in Las Vegas on Aug. 24. Led by Tom Lewandowski of Rockford, Ill., a 28-year UBC member and

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Strengthening Our Union Movement - getridofmac.com Resolution in Support of Free Speech at UBC General Convention Whereas: Once every five years the United Brotherhood of Carpenters holds its General Convention and makes decisions of important historical significance to all workers, and Whereas: The Brotherhood gathers members from all over the United States and Canada who are active in

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Union Members Are Invited to Rank-and-File MeetingSee and Hear Harry Kelber, the 91-Year-Old Candidate For Executive CouncilHarry Kelber, the veteran labor educator and journalist, is campaigning for a seat on the AFL-CIO’s 51 Member Executive Council. His candidacy has forced the AFL to hold an election with a printed ballot for the first time since 1995.Unlike AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and

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Elect Tom Lewandowski websiteBrother Tom Lewandowski proudly announces his candidacy for the position of the General President for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.Tom Lewandowski comes out of the Chicago Regional Council and is a 28 Year Member from Carpenters Local #792, Rockford, IL.On August 24th, 2005 Tom Lewandowski will accept the nomination for the position of

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Elect Brineman VP--Home pageBrothers and Sisters,I am asking for your support of my candidacy for Western District Vice President of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.I stand for open communication, accountability and the basic democratic principles upon which the Union was founded. I am a firm believer in the original vision of Founding Father P.J. McGuire and feel that we have strayed far to

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M E M O R A N D U M TO: Presidents of National and International Unions Presidents of Trade and Industrial Departments Presidents of State Federations Presidents of Central Labor Councils FROM: John J. Sweeney DATE: March 18, 2005 RE: United Brotherhood of Carpenters At the AFL-CIO's recent Executive Council meeting in Las Vegas, I announced that effective following the conclusion of the

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Unions have been strong advocates for safety By CARL HANSON, TheNewsTribune, January 2nd, 2005, Tacoma WA The News Tribune’s Dec. 4 special report highlighted the problem of safety in the construction industry, an issue that unions are all too familiar with. Safety is something that unions have fought for in the past and continue to fight for. While we’ve had major improvements in workplace

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BC Carpenters Union update / fax CEP EMERGENCY RESOLUTION PRESENTED BY CMAW WHEREAS British Columbia Carpenters union members have voted 84% to leave their American union to form a Canadian union; and WHEREAS the British Columbia Carpenters Union have now affiliated with CEP through the Construction Maintenance and Allied Workers Council; and WHEREAS on September 28, 2004 the International

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BC Carpenters Union thwarts hostile takeover attempt September 28, 2004 Vancouver – The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA) has cancelled its trusteeship hearings that were designed to take over the BC Carpenters Union. The American-based UBCJA had scheduled a trusteeship hearing for this week that could have resulted in the BC Carpenters Union being placed under

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larger image full text: Corporate Unionism (part 2) By Harry Kelber In 2001, McCarron decided unilaterally to disaffiliate from the AFL-CIO in disputes over the federation’s poor organizing record and the carpenters’ delinquency in dues payments. Many rank-and-file carpenters around the country decried the move, noting that it would aggravate problems with the other construction crafts. There

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What Is Corporate Unionism? To find out, read Harry Kelber's five-part series, starting Monday, September 6, 2004. The Labor Educator www.laboreducator.org Part 2, due out on Sept 13 will spotlight Doug McCarron, "An Apostle of Corporate Unionism" If union members want to maintain their rights for the dues they pay into their labor organization, they will have to be aware of the symptoms of

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Brother and Sisters, I have just returned from Butte, Montana where the Annual Meeting was held this year. It was a very intense and polarized 3 days. I will touch on some highlights. If anyone wants more detailed information feel free to contact me directly. Thursday, August 12th The day started with a change in agenda. We found out that MAC would be delaying his

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Monitor slams union - Carpenters Hammered, Again by Tom Robbins, The Village Voice The reports were unsealed last week by Judge Charles S. Haight Jr., who has been overseeing a consent decree entered into by the 25,000-member union in 1994 in which it agreed to carry out reforms under federal court supervision. The findings are only the union's latest setback. In April, its top official,

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President Speaks to Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary August 12, 2004 President Speaks to Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America International Training Facility Las Vegas, Nevada I want to thank Doug, and I also want to thank his brother Mike. I'm not sure which one of them is

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Facing sanctions, carpenters union agrees to stop disputed picketing Sacramento Business Journal Carpenters Union Local 46, accused by federal regulators of labor law violations and facing legal proceedings this month, has agreed to stop picketing or threatening to picket Sacramento-area employers or their customers in violation of federal law. The agreement settles a complaint filed last month

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Painters Keep Wall Work But Blast ‘Raid’ Tactics ENR Construction Carpenters’ union officials deny that they are trying to ‘steal’ wall finishing work Relations between union painters and carpenters have soured again as the two trades contest the right to represent workers who perform wall finishing work, most recently in Iowa and Nebraska. The international painters’ union claims it

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Divided appeals court submissive as DOL undercuts Carpenters democracy read the full text at uniondemocracy.org In rejecting the appeal of the seven complaining Carpenters, the Department of Labor held that the New England Council was simply an "intermediate" body that could elect officers by vote of delegates because its affiliated locals play "a significant role in dealing with their members.'

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June 2004 On the Level BC Carpenters Union Newsletter California retirees applaud Council Dear Sirs: We, the members of Carpenters Retirees Club #20 of Orange County, California, were a chartered organization of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. I say were because since Douglas McCarron took over we are no longer recognized as chartered. Nevertheless, we wish

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Carpenters union heats up campaign Fewer than 100 employees at a couple of local companies have made the switch to union representation so far, industry sources say, but the way the carpenters union is going about it has local employers crying foul. Tactics range from pickets, name-calling and harassment to unfair labor charges, wage-and-hour complaints and legal changes that favor organized

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Pickets march at Renaissance Towne Center Claims that the picketing was not sanctioned by the Utah AFL-CIO and the Utah Building and Trades Council were confirmed by contacting the latter. “As I understand it, the carpenters formed another union, the Utah Carpenters Association and broke away from Local 184 and the Southwest Region,” said Building and Trades’ Dave Wilson. “The picketing going on

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Reform Groups Build Pressure on Carpenter Leadership by Nick Robinson, Labor Notes Concerns are mounting inside the Carpenters over International President Doug McCarron's controversial restructuring plan and other initiatives. Rank-and-file opposition has started to gel over moves by the International-moves, members say, have undermined democracy inside the union. Since 1996, McCarron has

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Congressman Asks For Investigation Of Brunswick Union Merger News4Jax.com Georgia Members Of Local 865 Claim Unfair Practices By National Union WASHINGTON -- Following a meeting with members of Brunswick's Carpenters and Millwrights Local 865 May 11, Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., has requested the U.S. Department of Labor investigate allegations by union members that they are being forced to merge

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Brunswick union local fights merger By TERRY DICKSON, The Times-Union BRUNSWICK, GA -- A carpenters and millwrights union has filed a lawsuit and is asking for a congressman's help in preventing its forced merger with another union based in Savannah. Members of Carpenters and Millwrights Local 865 filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brunswick to stop an order from Douglas McCarron, general

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RANK AND FILE TAKES BACK ANOTHER YEAR By Cliff Willmeng, Member, Local 1 With the most diverse crowd to ever attend the Rally For Retirement, Carpenters For A Rank And File Union succeeded for the second year straight to get the age of unpenalized retirement reduced in the Chicago carpenters union. With our campaign now a little over a year and a half old, Chicago carpenters can now retire at 60

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Sleaze in the Woodwork - Carpenter Chief Nailed By Tom Robbins, Village Voice When a Manhattan jury last week found carpenters union head Michael Forde and another union official guilty of receiving a bribe, it was the second corruption conviction in a row for the top official of the city's 25,000-member carpenters union. Forde, the $216,000-a-year chief of the New York District Council of

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2 guilty in union-bribe probe By BARBARA ROSS, New York Daily News The president of the New York District Council of Carpenters and a business agent for one of its locals were convicted yesterday of taking a bribe from a mob-run firm to let it use nonunion workers. After a day of deliberations, a Manhattan jury convicted council boss Michael Forde and Local 608 agent Thomas Devereaux of

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MAFIA 'PUPPETS' By WILLIAM NEUMAN, New York Post OUT TO DRY: Wiseguys under arrest yesterday for mobbing up the drywall industry. "For over 25 years, the drywall industry has been a cash cow for the Genovese family, a free-flowing stream of money." Moscatiello and the other alleged mobsters, including his brother in law, John Campanella, and his son, Louis Jr., were named in an 83-count

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UBC Yes Weekly Summary By BBaker UBC General President Douglas J. McCarron has once again sold-out the majority of the UBC membership by inviting George W. Bush to make a campaign stop at the newly opened Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters' Training Center in Phoenix. This, despite the fact that right now, Bush is fighting legislation which would offer relief to multi-employer (UBC)

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President has hands on visit with carpenters By Jon Kamman, The Arizona Republic Minutes earlier, instructor John Herrera, working with Hemphill's son, Jason, a third-stage apprentice, welcomed Bush to a drywall-hanging workshop and invited him to help put up a section of wallboard. 'Absolutely,' the president said, shedding his sport coat and telling nobody in particular, 'Hold my coat.'

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Bush to be in Phoenix Friday By Jon Kamman and Billy House, The Arizona Republic Some 800 people, many affiliated with Local 408 of the carpenters union and the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, which operates the new training facility, have been invited to attend. Democrats and the AFL-CIO promise a large demonstration outside the training center, a $12 million, 140,000-square-foot

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UBCJA GEB Board Minutes CDUI, ranknfile.net 100 kb .jpgs 30 September 03, pg 2, 21 October 03 (ULLICO subpeona), 14 January 04

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Letter to carpenters from Carl Biers Dear Carpenters and Friends of Union Democracy: A few months ago we reported to you on progress in the lawsuit brought by members of the Carpenters union against the Department of Labor for failing to treat their New England Regional Council of Carpenters as a local labor union that is required to elect its officers by direct vote. A federal district judge

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Courts rule BC Carpenters Union need not use UBCJA namesake By Josh Coles, Provincial Organizer After a hearing and consideration on the matter, the BCLRB overruled the employer and granted the application to proceed without any reference to the UBCJA. The BCLRB ruled that "the objections raised by the employer have more to do with internal union matters and not with the bargaining relationship."

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Killing the Messenger, AFL-CIO's Attack on Harry Kelber By Mike Griffin, War Zone Education Foundation, Counter Punch One might wonder what dire threat a ninety-year-old writer and labor educator might be to the mighty AFL-CIO. As a labor reporter with press credentials, Harry had access to AFL-CIO Executive Council meetings and conventions, a seat in the press box and an uncanny understanding

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charges filed by UBC against local98.com owner local98.com a non UBC site What do you do when The Truth hurts? Well if you are afraid of The Truth, then you do your best to cover it up with lies and illegal procedures. It seems that is exactly what a high ranking official of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters did today at an executive board meeting in Spokane. Charges of

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UFCW.net Members for Democracy - FRONT PAGE Is the media biased against unions or is there no good news to report? Ominously, the trend appears to be spreading from the mainstream to the alternative media. Here's Harry Kelber, a well known labor activist and proponent of union democracy saying a lot of very negative things about mainstream unions and their leaders on The Labor Educator. Now

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Kelber, AFL-CIO Critic, Expelled from Union In Explicit Violation of CWA Constitution Kelber is convinced that his illegal expulsion from the printers union is a vengeful response to his constructive criticism of the AFL-CIO leadership and its undemocratic practices. “I have a special feeling of loyalty for Typographical Union No. 6, which had an important influence on my life as a labor activist

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AUD Brief Opposing Stay of Judge's Order in Carpenters Regional Council Case (Harrington v. Chao) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT No. 04-1144 THOMAS HARRINGTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees v. ELAINE L. CHAO, Secretary of Labor, Defendant-Appellant RESPONSE OF ASSOCIATION FOR UNION DEMOCRACY, INC., AMICUS CURIAE, IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT-APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR A STAY

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Articles about the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) By Mike Pesa I am a senior history major at Kent State with a passion for labor justice. In Fall 2003, I participated in an internship through the New York City UnionSemester program, which temporarily places students with an NYC labor union from 9 to 5 (or in my case 8 to 4) and also includes evening classes on U.S. Labor History,

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time's up: DOL Must Take 'Appropriate Action' In Carpenters Regional Council Election Construction Labor Report Labor Secretary Elaine Chao must take 'appropriate action' within 30 days consistent with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts's finding that her failure to treat the New England Regional Council of Carpenters in Boston as a 'local labor organization' was arbitrary

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Spokane-Idaho-Montana Carpenters Get A Raw Deal local98.com Spokane carpenters union How do you retire on $250.00 per month? What do you do after working 25 years as a Union Carpenter when you learn that your retirement benefit is $250.00 per month? That's right, 25 years of often back-breaking work building schools for education, bridges to improve our infrastructure and courts and jails for

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MfD OpenForum : "Organize, Agitate, Educate" posted by Duffman McGuire was raging, his brain close to rupturing, "Where is this asshole who gave us 'Restructuring'? It's no use to hide, you traitorous hack, I banished piecework and you brought it BACK!" McCarron cowered in his fortress-like suite, "Well, they can't get in here, it's secure and complete!" As he began to feel safe in this

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Boehner, Johnson Statement on AFL-CIO Lawsuit Targeting the U.S. Department of Labor for Implementing New Reforms to Enhance Union Financial Transparency Press Release House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-OH) and Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) today issued the following statement on a lawsuit filed by leaders of the AFL-CIO

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B.C. Carpenters vote to leave International Media Release November 21, 2003 British Columbia Carpenters Union members have voted decisively to sever ties with their International parent in Washington DC. In a referendum, members voted overwhelmingly to cease their affiliation with the Washington dominated United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and seek an alliance with a

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From The WarZone By Mike Griffin Carpenter Dictatorship Institute Mind Control In Delegate Training!! As a member in good standing of the UBC during long periods of economic depression [unemployment], I often turn to my handy, dandy issue of The Carpenter Magazine for a dose of non stop yukkers; firmly believing laughter does have medicinal value. It has been strongly rumored The Carpenter is

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Minutes of the UBCJA General Executive Board Meeting May 12, 2003 MINUTES OF THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING May 12, 2003 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Held in Boston, Massachusetts The following members were present: Douglas J. McCarron, Douglas J. Banes, Andris J. Silins, Jose Collado, Michael V Draper, James D. Slebsika, Bobby Yeggy, and

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Fakhri Fayadh, a 60-year-old farmer, said reprisal attacks "will only increase our spite and hatred of them. If they think that they will scare us, they are wrong. Day after day, Americans will be harmed and attacks against them will increase."

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Woodruff and Wypijewski: Debating the New Unity Partnership full text at CounterPunch New Unity for Labor: Time to Get Started By TOM WOODRUFF It's great to see that efforts to rebuild workers' strength in America that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and other unions are engaged in are provoking a much needed debate, including the recent article in CounterPunch by Joann

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Committee on Education and the Workforce Press Release Committee Releases Final ULLICO Report; Calls on Labor Department to Fully Investigate Whether Sweetheart Stock Deals Violated Federal Labor and Pension Laws “At the very same time that union leaders were joining the chorus of well-deserved criticism of Enron and others for corporate misconduct, ULLICO set up a system of insider stock

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BC Carpenters to vote on autonomy in November October 2003 On the Level This is a copy of the ballot that BC Carpenters Union members will use to finally determine the direction the organization will take for the future —This is the vote that counts. When it comes in the mail mark it YES for Canadian democracy and membership rights... British Columbia Provincial Council of Carpenters BALLOT

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related links re: leaked 13 page NUP memo New Unity Partnership document 200 dpi scans NUP01.jpg 625x528 pixels page 1 - reduced file size 7. Politics - meet with Karl Rove NUP02.jpg 606x745 pixels page 2 - reduced file size American union members and leaders face a choice: . Make history by fundamentally changing their unions to respond to today's employers, or . Continue current

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Victory for union democracy: Carpenters win right to elect regional council officers Union Democracy Review Nov/Dec Issue by Carl Biers In a major victory for union democracy, New England carpenters have won the right to directly elect the officers of their regional council. On October 8, federal judge Richard Stearns in Massachusetts directed the U.S. Department of Labor to order the New

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The New Unity Partnership, A Manifest Destiny for Labor By JOANN WYPIJEWSKI Since unions are supposed to be organizations of workers, we at CounterPunch thought the members might like the opportunity to review a document cobbled up by five union presidents outlining big plans to spend the workers' money, consolidate their unions and revamp institutional labor -- whether by breaking with the

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This is clearly an uncomfortable question for the Bush administration. Yesterday, Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Times editors. Asked whether Americans would have supported this war if weapons of mass destruction had not been at issue, Mr. Powell said the question was too hypothetical to answer. Asked if he, personally, would have supported it, he smiled, thrust his hand out and said, "

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Human Rights are Workers Rights School of the Americas Watch Northwest http://tacomanov16.org SOAWNW is organizing its first annual regional nonviolent vigil and action in Tacoma, Sunday, November 16, 2003. Put this important date on your calendar now so you will be sure to reserve this day to attend and make your voice heard.

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CDUI Sept. 03 newsletter CARPENTERS DEMOCRATIC UNION – INTERNATIONAL Volume 1 Number 3 www.ranknfile.net News and Information for the Working Carpenter

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Gang of Five’ Union Leaders Plot Radical Takeover of AFL-CIO LaborTalk (September 17, 2003) By Harry Kelber A group of five international union presidents, who call themselves the New Unity Partnership, are going ahead with their plan for drastic changes in the organizing methods, structure and functions of the AFL-CIO, without any discussion of their initiative within the labor movement, or even

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Troublemaking in Troubled Times: Organizing to Win! Labor Notes Conference September 12-14, Detroit When we fight for our rights... they call us 'troublemakers.'

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AFL-CIO Honor Roll of Union Victims Carpenter's Honor Brothers Who Died On 9/11

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Service held for Sept. 11 WTC firefighter, last of 343 By LUKAS I. ALPERT NEW YORK -- Hundreds gathered Sunday to pay their respects to Michael Ragusa, the last firefighter killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center to receive a memorial service.

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Breaking Ranks with the AFL-CIO By Aaron Bernstein At this point, they're not talking about quitting the AFL-CIO -- unlike the course one of them, Carpenters President Douglas J. McCarron, took two years ago after his frustration over the federation's inaction boiled over. Nevertheless, 'that could happen if things don't change,' says one of the other four.

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U.S. DOL - The History of Labor Day Founder of Labor Day More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers. Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those 'who

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The American intervention in Iraq has reached a disheartening milestone. With the death of an American soldier yesterday in an ambush outside Baghdad, more American military men and women have now died in the postwar period than perished during the war itself. That grim statistic mocks President Bush's triumphant appearance aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln on May 1, when he declared an

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Affiliation of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Executive Council Actions Affiliation of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters August 06, 2003 Chicago, Ill. For the past two-and-a-half years, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters has been disaffiliated from the national AFL-CIO, and until recently, from the Building and Construction Trades Department of the Federation.   This issue has

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TAP: Vol 14, Iss. 8. Organize or Die. Harold Meyerson It was one of those awkward meetings that nobody looked forward to, and it produced an outcome nobody really liked. On Tuesday, Aug. 5, the executive council of the AFL-CIO turned its attention to the vexing question of what to do with the Carpenters. The union had withdrawn from the labor federation in 2001, with its maverick president,

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Labor and the War by Harry Kelber August 8. 2003 AFL-CIO to Stick Only to Domestic Issues In Ambitious Election Campaign for 2004 download as Adobe pdf Labor and the War: weekly articles by Harry Kelber

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Workday Minnesota: Workers gather for annual Minnesota AFL-CIO convention MINNEAPOLIS — The 46th annual Minnesota AFL-CIO convention convenes at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at the Minneapolis Hilton Hotel. About 800 union members from across the state are expected to participate. Linda Chavez-Thompson, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, and John Wilhelm, president of the Hotel and

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reform-aflcio: LaborTalk (August 6, 2003) AFL-CIO Described Me as ‘Security Risk’ And Pressured Hotel to Deny Me Lodging By Harry Kelber I have been called many names in the years I have worked as a labor journalist and educator, but I’ve never, never been called a “security risk”-- until this week. It happened in what was supposed to be a friendly environment--a meeting of the AFL-CIO

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Construction Labor Report - AFL-CIO Sweeney Orders BCTD to Drop Carpenters: Building Trade Leaders Unified in Opposition Reporting no progress in reaffiliation negotiations with the Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney has told the federation's Building and Construction Trades Department to disaffiliate the union at the national and district council levels by no

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MfD OpenForum : Code Red Issued at Drake Hotel: Chicago's ultra luxurious Drake Hotel was put on code red, a heightened state of alert when the AFL-CIO notified Drake management that there may be a security risk at the hotel. The AFL-CIO Executive Committee and Drake Hotel staff was on the look out for a bespectacled man with whitish-grey hair, about 90 years old with reformer stamped into his

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AFL-CIO gets dissident labor journalist kicked out of hotel as 'security risk' Chicago Indymedia - photo of 'security risk' Harry Kelber Rank-and-file workers to challenge AFL-CIO executive committee in Chicago Since the disclosure last year that some AFL-CIO union presidents enriched themselves by insider stock trading through the union-controlled Union Labor Life Insurance Company, the

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On this day God please watch over my brothers and sisters in chicago. Steady their hand that they might enlighten those who's only option is violence and oppression. Amen.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 5, 2003 CONTACT: Ken Little, 253-576-8950 AFL-CIO, Stung by Criticism from Labor Journalist, Cancels Room at The Drake Hotel as "Security Risk" Harry Kelber, who has covered AFL-CIO conventions and Executive Council meetings for more than twenty years, was denied a room at the The Drake Hotel, because of a critical pamphlet he wrote and distributed, "Ten Ways to

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SEE THE AD THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE MADE! 180K Flash movie - Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons

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Brazening out the failure to find the Saddam-Qaeda links and W.M.D. the administration aggrandized before the war, Mr. Wolfowitz has simply done an Orwellian fan dance, covering up the lack of concrete ties to the 9/11 terrorists with feathery assertions that securing "the peace in Iraq is now the central battle in the war on terror." It is a new line of defense that was also used by Dick

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"I take personal responsibility for everything I say, absolutely," the president said at a White House news conference where he sought to quell a controversy that has dogged his administration for weeks.

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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that the Bush Administration is seeking to make its foreign and economic policies "mutually supportive." If the free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore Zoellick's office recently negotiated are any indication, "mutually supportive" means that global conglomerates make out like bandits at the expense of

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TheNewOrleansChannel.com - Money - New Orleans Hosts Free-Trade Talks, Protesters

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PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: July 28, 2003 For more information, contact Ken Little 253-576-8950 Pat Meyer 269-998-4609 Steve Zeltzer 415-867-0628 Rank and File Workers to Challenge AFL-CIO Executive Council Chicago - When the AFL-CIO Executive Committee meets at the Drake Hotel beginning on August 5, a group of rank-and-file union members will attempt to address the gathered labor

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PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: July 28, 2003 For more information, contact Ken Little 253-576-8950 Pat Meyer 269-998-4609 Steve Zeltzer 415-867-0628 Rank and File Workers to Challenge AFL-CIO Executive Council Chicago ˆ When the AFL-CIO Executive Committee meets at the Drake Hotel beginning on August 5, a group of rank-and-file union members will attempt to address the gathered labor

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All this energy would be great in a simple rank and file newsletter.

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ufcw.net: The Future Of Organized Labor: "Wage Disparities continue, as the only meaningful job growth will be in the retail and service sector. Two areas the labor movement has proven to be wholly ineffective in reaching or motivating. These are the two lowest paying hourly occupations in the marketplace. Income Inequality will get worse, as the haves will accumulate more, and the

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With Bush's job approval ratings slipping, and U.S. casualties in Iraq continuing to climb, the White House is in full damage-control mode, trying to reframe the debate over the Iraq war away from the flap over Bush's assertion in his State of the Union address that Iraq was trying to buy uranium in Africa.

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IHT: Paul Krugman: Who's unpatriotic now? Some nonrevisionist history: On Oct. 8, 2002, Knight Ridder newspapers reported on intelligence officials who "charge that the administration squelches dissenting views, and that intelligence analysts are under intense pressure to produce reports supporting the White House's argument that Saddam poses such an immediate threat to the United States that

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Out On August 2-3-4-5th, 2003 Actions in Our Streets Time To Take Our Unions BACK! Saturday August 2, 2003 7:00pm-10:00pm Enjoy videos of RANK AND FILE struggles New World Resource Center, 1300 N. Western, Chicago, IL Sunday August 3, 2003 9:00am-5:30pm National Rank and File Labor Conference UE Hall 37 S. Ashland/Monroe, Chicago, IL 9:00am Registration-Donations accepted State Of Labor-Brief

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Brothers and Sisters of the PNWRCC, For those of you who do not remember the last contract and the district council meeting that followed that ratification vote. Your E.S.T. Mr. John Steffens took the microphone at the district council meeting and made it clear that he was very angry that only 28% of the members voted! He went on to tell his delegates and staff members that he did not want to

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Union carpenters endorse new 4-year contract The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters announced Saturday that its workers had agreed to a four-year contract.

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Brothers and Sisters, Take a long hard look at what your dues monies are supporting! This contract that the PNWRCC is rushing to have you ratify Stinks! Demand complete disclosure from your BA's on the real contract that they want you to vote on not the one that they have up on their webpage. Ask your BA why he wants you to vote for a contract that removes your right to strike? Ask them why you

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Dave, Thanks for inviting me. Now i must figure out how to use this! scotty

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Committee on Education and the Workforce Weekly Schedule Full Committee - Webcast - Hearing on "The ULLICO Scandal and its Implications for U.S. Workers," scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in room 2175 Rayburn HOB.

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June 2003 On the Level International loses yet again in pension suit Judge rules for BC Carpenters in court case The International has lost another round in its latest lawsuit against the BC Carpenters Union. The UBCJA unsuccessfully applied to the court to stop BC Carpenters from making certain references to General President Douglas McCarron's "potential for self-dealing" in an amendment to

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10 ways to reform an undemocratic AFLCIO by Harry Kelber A manual in PDF format

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Earl Oliver's "Attack the CDU Handbook" "CDU Statements portrays me as puppet of Doug McCarron..." (a rather humourous and strangely written UBCJA Chicago self-defense manual for discrediting selected statements circulated by Carpenters for a Democratic Union) CDU Newsletter Second Edition THE CHICAGO REBELLION Puppet Earl portrait

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SENATE HEARINGS Self-Dealing and Breach of Duty: An Initial Review of the ULLICO Matter. Committee on Governmental Affairs Thursday, June 19, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. in Room SD-342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building Committee Subpoenas ULLICO Chairman & CEO Robert Georgine to Testify; Hearing Date Set for June 10th Widespread press reports have detailed the actions of the union-owned insurance

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British Columbia Carpenters Union Update by Doug McCorquodale Here in BC we won a significant court case. You can get it off the carpentersunionbc.com website. Everyone told us we could not win this one. The constitution was clear and there was no room to legally oppose this. We had to cobble together a new legal team of civil litigators. The case was so huge it would ruin any labour firm

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Below is a brief history of Carpenters Local 225 in Atlanta, Ga. April 2000; Nomination of delegates to 38 general convention. A full slate of delegates nominated. Also at this meeting the Christie resolution is passed all three parts. These made a constitutional amendment to vote on contracts, elect business agents, elect general officers by the affected members. Vote was 30 to 1 May

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UBCJA Canada is a House of Cards One reason there is such an incredible lack of inter-provincial communication between UBCJA locals is that the International wants to prevent members from knowing what the true state of the union is in Canada. On a national level, the UBCJA has reached a point of severe dysfunction. We are in contact with numerous members and union officials from across Canada

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