:: rawblogXport ::
union news / workers rights / construction / safety / irony...
 |
|
| carpentersunionbc.com | |
|---|---|
| google news | |
recent posts: | |
| BlogRolling: | |
blogs that link here  
    
  implementation: email d@ve2300 this weblog is the work of dave livingston, a union carpenter in nelson bc canada 
| |
|
| |
| |
FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of labor and economic issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 Chapter 1 Sec.107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. | |
 | |
|
"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez | |
:: Saturday, September 02, 2006 ::
Union Shifts and Market Shakeups Create Complex Trade Relations - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The decision this year by two key construction unions, the laborers and the operating engineers, to officially disaffiliate from the AFL-CIO and its Building and Construction Trades Dept. ratcheted up long-simmering union discord with the umbrella organizations. The teamsters’ union bolted both organizations a year ago, aligning with the dissident Change-to-Win union coalition. The carpenters had left the AFL-CIO four years before.
The operating engineers’ and laborers’ departure, along with a total of 1.1 million members, was announced last February, with angry words and rhetoric flying between leaders of the individual unions and BCTD over significant market share loss, ineffective leadership and out-of-date jurisdictional rules (ENR 2/27 p. 12). The two unions announced formation of a new union organization called the National Construction Alliance (NCA), but details remained sketchy as to whether other construction unions would join them in leaving the AFL-CIO, what the new group’s mission would be and the effect on local unions.------------------------------------------- posted 8:06 AM :: reference link ::
0 comments ::
Comments:
Post a Comment
