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The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, often simply the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC), [2] was formed in 1881 by Peter J. McGuire and Gustav Luebkert. It has become one of the largest trade unions in the United States , and through chapters, and locals , there is international cooperation that poises the ...
In 1861, the union's general secretary, Thomas Skinner, was imprisoned. In the aftermath, several branches joined the new Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASC&J). Although membership of the General Union recovered, a 53-week strike by the Manchester branch in 1877 drained funds and led many more members to defect to the ASC&J. By ...
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America took over its U.S. branches in 1913, and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners took over its Australian branches in 1917. [4] By 1892, the union had 37,588 members, and by 1900 it had 65,000.
A joiner is an artisan and tradesperson who builds things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter, including furniture and the "fittings" of a house, ship, etc. [16] Joiners may work in a workshop, because the formation of various joints is made easier by the use of non-portable ...
The town's long high street was thus on a useful route between the two medieval cathedral cities. The town's civil parish has an area of 1,323 acres (535 ha). The town's street crosses the River Test, marking the border of the parishes of Stockbridge and Longstock by a low bridge of three arches rebuilt and widened in 1799.
This is a list of settlements and other places in Dorset, England. Towns, and settlements with populations over 3,000, are listed in bold ; other settlements in plain text. Contents:
Holdenhurst is a village in the civil parish of Throop and Holdenhurst, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in Dorset, England, situated in the green belt land of the north-east suburbs of Bournemouth. The village comprises fewer than 30 dwellings, two farms and the parish church. There are no shops and few local facilities in ...
Winton is a suburb of Bournemouth, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England (historically in Hampshire). [2] It lies approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Bournemouth town centre, along Wimborne Road (the A347).