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In 1900, Duffy was elected to the national executive council of the Carpenters. He played a key role in ousting long-time Carpenters president Peter J. McGuire in 1901. The same year, he was elected the union's general-secretary, a position which he held until 1950. He was a close associate of UBCJ president William Hutcheson.
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.
The council represents approximately 43,000 union carpenters across New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Virginia and West Virginia. The Westside Community Center in ...
Dissolved. 1994. Location. United States, Canada. Members. 20,000. Affiliations. Congress of Industrial Organizations. International Woodworkers of America (IWA) was an industrial union of lumbermen, sawmill workers, timber transportation workers and others formed in 1937.
Maurice Albert Hutcheson (May 7, 1897 – January 9, 1983) was a carpenter and an American labor leader. He was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America from 1952 to 1972. He was nicknamed "Maurice the Silent" for his taciturn nature and ability to sit silently through long meetings or heated debates.
Carpenters' trade unions. This category contains trade unions that primarily represent carpenters and joiners, and related occupations such as cabinetmakers, shopfitters and wood machinists.
Peter J. McGuire (July 6, 1852 – February 18, 1906) was an American labor leader of the nineteenth century. He co-founded the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in 1881 along with Gustav Luebkert [1] and became one of the leading figures in the first three decades of the American Federation of Labor.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Wikimedia Commons has media related to United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. This category is for articles relating to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, a labor union in the United States and Canada.