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(Hannah Wiley / Los Angeles Times) Every few months over the last two years, a sea of California carpenters has clogged the state Capitol to voice their support of high-profile housing legislation ...
He apprenticed as a carpenter, and in 1939 joined the local in Los Angeles. He married his wife, Frankie, in 1936 and the couple had three children. In 1948, he was elected business manager of Local 721 in Los Angeles, and in 1957 secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles District Council of Carpenters.
Swoboda, Frank. "Carpenters Union Could Lose $ 95 Million." Washington Post. September 20, 1989. Weinstein, Henry. "Union Trust Funds Accept $29.9-Million to Settle Suit." Los Angeles Times. January 31, 1989. Willman, David. "Subway Builder's Link to Union Questioned." Los Angeles Times. May 24, 1993. Winston, Sherie. "McCarron Remodels ...
The Nor Cal Carpenters Union represents 22 unions, including Carpenters Local 152, and more than 36,000 members, according to its website. Show comments Advertisement
He consolidated locals in Los Angeles in 1988, in San Diego in 1990 and Orange and Riverside counties in California in 1991. Although members challenged the consolidations, a federal appeals court upheld union Lucassen's right to force consolidations if they are in the interest of union members.
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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.
Happy Face Hill is a landmark located in Simi Valley, California featuring a 150-foot-wide smiley face that overlooks the California State Route 118. [1] It was created in 1998 by gardener Sonny Klamerus, a resident of neighboring Northridge, Los Angeles, who originally trespassed on the property in order to gain access, and considered it a "practical joke."