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In 1988, the UBC began to merge Local Unions and created the Minnesota Statewide District Council. In 1994, jurisdictions changed again. Locals 361, 606, and 1348 were spun off; they eventually teamed with North Dakota Locals 1091 and 1176 to form the North Central Regional Council.
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
Building industry carpenters and millwrights. 2015: UBC: International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) 1937 424,579 Freight handlers at ports. 2016: ILWU: International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) 1896 392,584 Operators of construction equipment; stationary engineers. 2015: IUOE: United Association (UA) 1889 324,043
Local 157 (Downtown and East Side of Manhattan) – carpenters * Local 257 (Manhattan Lower East Side) – carpenters; dissolved 2000 and members transferred to new Local 157; Local 348 (Queens) – carpenters * Local 608 – dissolved 2007 and members transferred to Local 157; Local 740 (greater NY) – millwright and machinery erectors
LIUNA's origins stretch back to the 19th century when local construction unions began popping up across the United States. [6] Then, in March 1903, Samuel Gompers, the President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), successfully persuaded various local construction unions from across the U.S. to unite in order to consolidate power in their fight against unfair labor practices.
A millwright is a craftsman or skilled tradesman who installs, dismantles, maintains, repairs, reassembles, and moves machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites. [ 1 ] The term millwright (also known as industrial mechanic [ 2 ] ) is mainly used in the United States, Canada and South Africa to describe members belonging to a ...
See the article millwright. Pages in category "Millwrights" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union that represents approximately 820,000 workers and retirees [1] in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, [3] Guam, [4] [5] Panama, [6] Puerto Rico, [7] and the US Virgin Islands; [7] in particular electricians, or inside wiremen, in the construction industry and lineworkers and other employees of public ...