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The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) is a labor union in the United States and Canada which represents bricklayers, restoration specialists, pointers/cleaners/caulkers, stonemasons, marble masons, cement masons, plasterers, tile setters, terrazzo mechanics, and tile, marble and terrazzo finishers.
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 ...
International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America; International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers (Novelty and Production Workers) International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)
The Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada (OPCMIA) is a trade union of plasterers and cement masons in the construction industry in the United States and Canada. Members of the union finish interior walls and ceilings of buildings and apply plaster on masonry, metal, and wire lath or ...
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.
LIUNA's origins stretch back to the 19th century when local construction unions began popping up across the United States. [6] Then, in March 1903, Samuel Gompers, the President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), successfully persuaded various local construction unions from across the U.S. to unite in order to consolidate power in their fight against unfair labor practices.
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 ...
[3] [4] The Coopers' International Union of North America followed in 1992. [3] [5] With the Coopers merger, the GMPIU had about 80,000 members in the United States and Canada in about 435 locals. [3] As of 1993, the GMP had 35 staff working at its headquarters. [3] Job losses continued. As of 2009, the union had just 30,392 members. [6]