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It was established during a great wave of blue-collar union formation in the 1860s. The organization has changed its name several times during its history to reflect its changing membership. In 1884 the name changed to Bricklayers and Masons International Union. In 1910 the name changed again to Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International ...
North America's Building Trades Unions is a labor federation of 14 North American unions in the building trade. [4] Affiliates are the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Teamsters), International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC), International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC), International Union of Painters ...
Timothy J. Driscoll is an American labor union leader. Born in Massachusetts, Driscoll became a bricklayer, and joined the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers in 1985. In 1993, he moved to Washington, D.C., and continued his career there. He began working full-time for the union in 1995, initially in the government ...
James Boland is a retired Irish-born, American labor union leader.. Born in Ireland, Boland attended University College Dublin. [1] He emigrated to the United States in 1970 and settled in San Francisco, where he worked laying bricks, stone and marble, and joined the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers.
John J. Flynn is an American former labor union leader. Born in St. Louis, Flynn became an apprentice bricklayer in 1952, and joined the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers. He worked in the craft for 20 years, eventually becoming a superintendent. He was elected as business agent of his local union, and then as business ...
International Longshore and Warehouse Union; International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots; International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America; International Trade Union Educational League; International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers; International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; International Federation of Building Workers; International Secretariat of Painters and Allied Trades; International Secretariat of Stone Masons; International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers; International Union of Woodworkers
As leader of the union, he created new pension and health and safety schemes. He served as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO from 1984, and also on the executive of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions , in which role he argued that construction unions in poorer countries should link training programs to affordable housing.