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A struggling union pension fund for more than 22,500 metro Detroit carpenters and millwrights is getting a $635 million federal bailout, saving retirees from big cuts to their pension checks next ...
Paschal was the managing trustee of the NYC District Council of Carpenters Benefit Funds when it purchased and renovated the new headquarters building at 395 Hudson Street in NYC at a cost that exceeded $120 million despite a $73 million appraisal. The building is often referred to as Paschal's Palace. [3]
The first ULLICO scandal occurred in 2002. In June 1998, the New York City local of the carpenters union hired Zenith Administrators, a ULLICO subsidiary, to oversee the union's $1.7 billion pension and benefit funds. In 2002, federal prosecutors and DOL investigated the company for allegedly obtaining the contract through McCarron's influence.
The immediate common goals were wage and hour demands, and death and sickness benefits. The union grew from its 1881 membership of 2000, to 50,000 by 1890, and 100,000 by 1900. While Peter J. McGuire was a socialist, the union itself was non-political, refusing to endorse any political party or philosophy.
The Twin City Carpenters District Council was founded in 1915 to build strength for the Union Locals throughout the area. The Millwrights were already a part of the Brotherhood and additional crafts joined later: Pile Drivers in 1937, Floor Coverers in 1940, and the Lathers in 1979.
After a period of time during 2009 - 2010, the International United Brotherhood of Carpenters decided to dissolve the local on December 14, 2010, and merge the members into Local Union 157, which currently covers the East Side of Manhattan. At a future date, another local may be created in Manhattan to take over the jurisdiction of Interior ...
Peter J. McGuire (July 6, 1852 – February 18, 1906) was an American labor leader of the nineteenth century. He co-founded the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in 1881 along with Gustav Luebkert [1] and became one of the leading figures in the first three decades of the American Federation of Labor.
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