Carpenters Mystery - By James McNamara, Union Democracy Review
In late November 2007, the 4,500-member Carpenters Local 157 covering the East Side of Manhattan was suddenly placed under 'emergency temporary suspension' by international president Douglas McCarron. At the same time, both William Hanley, local president and business manager, and Fred Kennedy, financial secretary, resigned. Vice President George DeLacio, who reportedly refused to resign, was removed as paid union representative. According to McCarron, Business Representative Daniel DeMorato was 'suspended and reassigned.' But precisely what prompted all this remains unexplained.