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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.
This union was the first attempt to create a national labor federation. [6] 1834 (United States) Lowell, Massachusetts Mill Women's Strike. [6] 1834 (United States) Manayunk, Pennsylvania Textile Strike. [6] 1835 (United States) Carpenters, masons, and stone-cutters began a strike as part of the Ten-Hour Movement among skilled workers. [6]
Name est. Members (approx) Description Constitution Website National Education Association (NEA) : 1857 3,000,000+ Public school employees including but not limited to teachers, Education Support Professionals, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, guidance counselors, nurses, administrative assistants, secretaries, psychologists, and librarians.
In 1995, Lucassen imposed a trusteeship on Carpenters Local 17 in New York City. The local, which represented carpenters at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center had been accused by a federal investigator of giving work to only a few, select members of the local union who were involved with organized crime. [10]
This category contains trade unions that primarily represent carpenters and joiners, and related occupations such as cabinetmakers, shopfitters and wood machinists. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The United Order of American Carpenters and Joiners was a trade union in the United States. It represented carpenters in the New York City area, making it one of the largest carpenters' unions in the U.S. in the 1880s. It merged with the Brotherhood of Carpenters in 1888 to form the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Local 740 (greater NY) – millwright and machinery erectors; Local 926 (Brooklyn) – carpenters; Local 1556 (greater NY & NJ) – timbermen and dockbuilders; Local 1536 (Midtown Manhattan) – timbermen; dissolved 2010, combined with dockbuilders to form local 1556 * Local 2163 (Manhattan, Upper West Side) – carpenters, dissolved 1982 and ...
Henceforth, the union would be run like a business. The international union would have the authority to take control of local affiliates. Dues would be raised to build financial reserves, and to pay sick and death benefits. A union bank would be established to provide short-term loans for workers who had been laid off and were seeking new jobs.