A New Era of Leadership at the District Council

09-05-12 10:41

Judge blocks Bloomberg's plan to remove civil service carpenters from Prevailing Wage law[more...]

Click to view the order.

08-05-12 09:35

Announcement: Letters Have Been Sent to All Council Representative Applicants[more...]

By now, all Carpenters who applied for the Council Representative position should have received notification in the mail about their status.  Candidates who qualified to attend the 1-day interviews...

13-04-12 10:47

Trustee Special Election Information[more...]

Please see the following letter from Review Officer Dennis Walsh regarding the upcoming Special Election for the position of District Council Trustee.
Letter from RO Dennis Walsh (click to view)...

11-04-12 11:55

Seeking Council Representatives[more...]

The New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters is searching for active members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters who are interested in the position of COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE wi...

09-04-12 08:28

Delegate Meeting Date Change[more...]

Please be advised that the Delegate meeting tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 has been rescheduled to Thursday, April 19th, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.  There will be a separate meeting a...

Events:

Local 926 Union Meeting

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Tuesday, May 15th

Local 157 Union Meeting

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Wednesday, May 16th

Local 2287 Union Meeting

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Wednesday, May 16th

Local 20 Union Meeting

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Monday, May 21st

Local 1556 Union Meeting

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Tuesday, May 22nd

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07-05-12 15:36

Judge puts brakes on mayor's executive order (Crains New York, 5/7/2012)[more...]

A temporary restraining order blocks a move by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to prevent the city comptroller from setting wages for about 10,000 city employees.
 
  By Daniel Massey @masseydaniel Publ...

07-05-12 11:31

Brother Eddie Bracken, who lost sister on 9/11, calls visit to Guantanamo Bay for Al Qaeda terror thugs' arraignment 'bittersweet' (NY Daily News, 5/7/2012)[more...]

Staten Island resident attended hearing for KSM, minions after entering name in lottery
By Eddie Bracken / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Walter Michot/The Miami Herald via AP
Eddie Bracken (bottom...

30-04-12 12:00

London's Big-Deal Art Fair Hits New York, Occupy Hits Back (The Village Voice, May 2, 2012)[more...]

Seize the frieze
By Christian Viveros-Faune Wednesday, May 2 2012
Familiar characters from the old boom-time economy are in New York in greater numbers than usual this week. There are the gazill...

29-04-12 13:43

Congratulations to our Scholarship Winners[more...]

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Former Local 608 Carpenters Scholarship Award:
STUDENT PARENT Alexandra Prendergast Timothy Prendergast Brianna Fenty Frederick Fenty...

Events:

May 16th, 1938

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On May 16, 1938, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Mackay Decision permitting employers to permanently replace striking workers. Employers used this weapon sparingly until the 1980s, when its use increased under the influence of the Reagan administration’s aggressive anti-union policies. Efforts in the 1990s to pass legislation in Congress to outlaw “permanent replacements” failed.