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A United Front of Building Trades Unions Make Their Stand Against UBC Raiders
In the spring of 2004, years after leaving the AFL-CIO, the United “Brotherhood” of Carpenters (U"B"C) made the decision to raid the drywall finishing jurisdiction of The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades in Iowa and Nebraska. This was not the first attempt by the U"B"C to steal work unanimously recognized as belonging to the IUPAT. They’ve tried before in places such Baltimore (1997), Detroit (1998), California (1999), Kansas City (2000), Toronto (2001), Cincinnati (2002) and New Jersey (2003). They were unsuccessful in each instance, only a handful of union men and women voted to join compared to the hundreds that voted against them.
The Carpenters abandoned the AFL-CIO for their own purposes, which obviously include the desire to steal their former union brothers' rightful work.
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades was joined by its brothers and sisters in the Building Trades and the AFL-CIO in its protest against such practices. In August of 2004, the Unity Resolution was created, voted on and ratified by a joint vote between the delegations of the IUPAT and the Sheet Metal Workers at their general conventions. The historic vote was held live, via satellite, between Washington, D.C. and Chicago.
The Unity Resolution represents the determination of all union brothers and sisters to practice true solidarity so that we all may keep the union strong and growing and stronger.
Now the Carpenters are making a blatant attempt for the drywall finishing work in New York City. Their raid comes just on the heels of the IUPAT winning a decision in federal court that clearly states drywall finishing is the jurisdiction of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
- Read the Court Decision (pdf)
- “Who’s Next?”--Read the message from the IUPAT to the rest of the Building Trades at the recent Building and Construction Trades Legislative Conference about the U"B"C raid. (pdf)
Visit this page often for the latest updates on the IUPAT and U“B”C conflict and more.
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911: Carpenters--Click here (pdf) to read what people reading on the job sites about the UBC!
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Read an Organized Labor report on what UBC members in California are doing about their union leaving the AFL-CIO and now facing possible expulsion from the Building and Construction Trades Department. Click here (pdf).
ENR Reports on the UBC attempt to raid our drywall finishing jurisdiction in New York City. Click here to read more.
News from the desk of the General President
On March 17, 2005, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York effectively ended an ongoing jurisdictional dispute over drywall finishing between the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades – Local Union 1974 (IUPAT) and The Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association – Local 530 (OPCMIA). His decision made it clear the IUPAT is THE union that does drywall work in New York City. Read more...
Engineering News Record reports that Sheet Metal Workers, Painters, Plasterers Re-elect General Presidents. Read article...
Buffalo, N.Y.-Area Painters Union Fears Erosion of Jobs to Carpenters
Aug. 19--A spat within the labor family has a Cheektowaga-based painters union taking defensive measures against a potential rival in the building trades. Download/View PDF
Painters Keep Wall Work But Blast 'Raid' Tactics Carpenters' union officials deny that they are trying to 'steal' wall finishing work. Read more...
Clean Sweep! Des Moines Workers Vote to Remain as Members of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
In six regional elections, workers have voted six times to reject raiding attempts by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. Download/View PDF
Jurisdiction: Painters Win Elections, Drywall Work Lost to Carpenters in Iowa, Nebraska
Download/View PDF of article from the Construction Labor Report...
Carpenters: NLRB Issues Unfair Practices Complaint Against Carpenters in Salt Lake City Dispute
Download/View PDF of article from the Construction Labor Report...
Local Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Remain with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades--Results of Four Elections All but End Jurisdictional Dispute Initiated by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. Read more...
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