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  2. How the carpenters' union broke the California logjam over ...

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    Jay Bradshaw, executive secretary-treasurer of the Northern California Carpenters Union, said the new standards will help dismantle the underground construction economy and create job ...

  3. Douglas J. McCarron - Wikipedia

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    He quickly joined the carpenters' union. [1] In 1980, McCarron was elected president of his local union. He was named to the negotiating team of the Southern California Council of Carpenters, a regional body covering contractors and other employers in 11 counties. During this time, he came to the attention of leaders with the national ...

  4. North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters - Wikipedia

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    Locals in the rest of Minnesota became Carpenters District Council of Southern Minnesota. In 1997, when jurisdiction expanded into South Dakota, that council adopted the Lakes and Plains name. Lakes and Plains and North Central Regional Council (Northern Minnesota) merged in 2003. In Wisconsin, the Carpenters Union dates back to the early 1900s.

  5. List of labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA) 1881 522,416 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 ...

  6. Southern California drywall strike - Wikipedia

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    The 1992 Southern California drywall strike was a strike by Mexican and Mexican American drywall hangers, many of whom were undocumented, for fair wages and health insurance from contractors, who stole two billion dollars a years in income taxes, social security, and worker's compensation payments from the workers and collaborated with the local police to repress the organizers.

  7. List of construction trades - Wikipedia

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    Carpenters unions usually include drywall installer, lather (wire mesh molding), flooring installer, pile driver, millwright (machinery installer), diver, and diver tender. Carpet layer and linoleum flooring, one who specializes in laying carpet and linoleum floor covering.

  8. List of striking United States workers by year - Wikipedia

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    California agricultural strikes of 1933; 1933 Wisconsin milk strike; 1933 Yakima Valley strike; El Monte berry strike of 1933; Los Angeles Garment Workers strike of 1933; Santa Clara cherry strike of 1933; 1934 1,466,695 Textile workers' strike (1934) 1934 West Coast waterfront strike; Auto-Lite strike; Minneapolis general strike; 1934 New York ...

  9. California is desperate for affordable housing. How union ...

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