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"The carpenters' engagement on housing policy has been an absolute game changer," said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat who chairs his chamber's housing committee and is the ...
He quickly joined the carpenters' union. [1] In 1980, McCarron was elected president of his local union. He was named to the negotiating team of the Southern California Council of Carpenters, a regional body covering contractors and other employers in 11 counties. During this time, he came to the attention of leaders with the national ...
Organize or Die: Smash Boss Unionism - Build Union Power. Self-published, 1970. Johnson, Clyde. Millmen 550—A History of the Militant Years (1961–1966) of Local 550, United Brotherhood of Carpenters. Self-published, 1990. Kazin, Michael. Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era.
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 ...
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The developer's headquarters are in San Diego, although all its highrise projects over 14 stories are in the San Francisco Bay Area. [16] The Rincon Hill complex is the developer's second project in San Francisco, with the first being ONE Embarcadero South, a residential complex near One Rincon Hill and across from Oracle Park. [17]
The Nor Cal Carpenters Union represents 22 unions, including Carpenters Local 152, and more than 36,000 members, according to its website. Show comments Advertisement
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 ...