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Starting in 1898, the construction industry entered a period of expansion and prosperity that lasted until 1914. From 1898 to 1906 the United Association quadrupled its membership. During its first years, the United Association was essentially a federation of local unions, rather than a truly national union of the pipe trades.
Martin J. Maddaloni (born June 1939) is a former American labor union leader. Born in Philadelphia, Maddaloni completed an apprenticeship as a pipefitter, then was promoted to eventually run the mechanical department of Henkels & McCoy. He joined the United Association union, and served as business manager of his local union for many years. In ...
He was a soccer player and played for the Kansas City Comets from 1981 to 1982 and for the St. Louis Steamers from 1983 to 1984. He joined the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562, where he has been an assistant business manager and is currently a journeyman pipefitter and international representative of the United Association of Plumbers ...
Two KC area tenant unions are on strike, withholding a combined $60,000 in rent over poor living conditions, while demanding rent caps, new ownership, and lease reforms.
Last year, the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 64, the union representing members of the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department, issued a vote of no confidence against Andrade.
A pipefitter or steamfitter [1] is a tradesman who installs, assembles, fabricates, maintains, and repairs mechanical piping systems. Pipefitters usually begin as helpers or apprentices. Pipefitters usually begin as helpers or apprentices.
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers was founded on September 1, 1893. On that day, at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois, representatives from the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Builders, which had been organized on October 1, 1880, and the National Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, which had been formed in ...
The union's members in Kansas City, Missouri and Independence, Missouri voted to take the action after failed negotiations with their landlords and Fannie Mae. Tenants of Independence Towers and Quality Hill Towers—the two apartment complexes involved with the dispute—have complained about poor living conditions, with maintenance reports ...