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After the retirement of William Sidell in 1979, Konyha was elected his successor as president of the Carpenters union. In 1980, Konyha was elected a vice president of the AFL-CIO, and he won a full term as Carpenters president in 1981. In 1981, Konyha invited President Ronald Reagan to be honorary chair of the union's 100th anniversary ...
The union also found itself challenged by a change in the business climate in the 1970s, as non-union contractors invaded markets that had been solidly union for years with the support of the Business Roundtable, made up of the heads of General Motors, General Electric, Exxon, U.S. Steel, DuPont and others. The Roundtable also attempted to ...
This category contains trade unions that primarily represent carpenters and joiners, and related occupations such as cabinetmakers, shopfitters and wood machinists. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Out of the carpenters' union's 6,000 members, only 83 are women — 31 journey- level workers and 52 apprentices, including one female apprentice in her early 50s.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local Union 608; United Order of American Carpenters This page was last edited on 3 December 2020, at 02:26 (UTC). Text ...
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.
How the carpenters' union broke the California logjam over new housing laws. Hannah Wiley. October 11, 2023 at 8:03 PM.
Patrick J. Campbell (July 22, 1918 – February 21, 1998) was a carpenter and an American labor leader. He was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America from November 1, 1982 to February 1988.