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The San Francisco Labor Temple was dedicated on September 7, 1914, by former San Francisco mayor and head of the local Building Trades Council P.H. McCarthy. The cornerstone was set by A.J Gallagaher. The San Francisco Labor Council held a grand opening for the Labor Temple on February 27, 1915.
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. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1987. ISBN 0-252-01345-X
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 ...
"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 ...
The San Francisco Building Trades Council was one of the most powerful local labor bodies within the American Federation of Labor at the time. It fought off the efforts of employers in San Francisco to impose the open shop on construction workers in the first decade of the twentieth century and was active in local politics. It also feuded with ...
Like the rest of downtown San Francisco, Mid-Market was hit badly by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the subsequent shift to remote work. As of May 2024, the vacancy rate in the Mid-Market area had skyrocketed to 46%, according to CBRE research, which was significantly higher than the citywide vacancy rate of 36.7%. [ 19 ]
Another historic Market Street event was the New Year's Eve celebration at the Ferry Building on December 31, 1999. Over 1.2 million people jammed Market Street and nearby streets for the raucous and peaceful turn-of-the-century celebration. The San Francisco Pride parade runs down Market Street, attracting many people every year.
(KRON) – The hotel workers of the San Francisco Marriott Marquis are the latest to join the Unite Here Local 2 union. More than 500 SF Marriott Marquis hotel workers have walked off the job in ...