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The McGuire Apartments was a 25-story apartment building in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.The $32 million, 272-unit building opened in 2001, but was closed in 2010 after the discovery of major structural flaws and corrosion that forced evacuation and demolition.
In 1984, the Council's 50,000 union members were asked to oppose levies proposed by the Seattle School District to show support for school custodians and other union workers who had been working for two years without a contract. The proposed levies included a $69.5 million two-year operating levy and a $64 million, six-year levy for capital ...
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 131 (Seattle, Washington) Records, 1888–1960. 9 cubic feet. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1289 (Seattle, Washington) Records, 1911–1958. 64 cubic feet. Harry L. Carr Papers. 1962–1972. .42 cubic feet. Contains records from Carr's service as ...
The council represents approximately 43,000 union carpenters across New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Virginia and West Virginia. The Westside Community Center in ...
The union also found itself challenged by a change in the business climate in the 1970s, as non-union contractors invaded markets that had been solidly union for years with the support of the Business Roundtable, made up of the heads of General Motors, General Electric, Exxon, U.S. Steel, DuPont and others. The Roundtable also attempted to ...
AB 2011 still mandates developers pay union-approved, or "prevailing," wages and provide some healthcare benefits to workers, whether they're union members or not.
Leadership of the carpenters' union had turned over quickly in the 1980s, causing political instability in the union. President William Sidell had retired unexpectedly on December 31, 1979. William Konyha was elected to replace him on January 1, 1980, winning the regularly scheduled presidential election in August 1981.
The Carpenters were the largest BCTD affiliate, and Lucassen opposed Georgine's re-election even though Georgine's running mate was Carpenters' first vice president Paschal McGuinness. Monroe, Lucassen and others argued that Georgine had failed to maintain the effectiveness of local BCTD councils, refused to fund organizing programs and allowed ...