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That was incorrect, this case/complaint (McCarron v. Carpenters, C.D. Cal., 8:13-cv-01559-JVS-AN, complaint H/ed 10/4/ 13) was NOT denied. The request for an Emergency Temporary Restrating Order was denied without any statement of reasons or determination of merit.
This case was scheduled to begin, however for reasons of which Mike McCarron has not explained this case was withdrawn by the Plaintiff on Oct 17, 2013. No reasons why ("This action is dismissed by the Plaintiff(s) in its entirety").
By Jewel Edwards
Oct. 1O-Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters’ former executive secretary- treasurer Michael McCarron, who was removed from his elected offices in July, filed a lawsuit on Oct. 4 against the Carpenters and Joiners of America and his brother, Carpenters General President Douglas McCarron, alleging that Douglas ejected Michael from his position in the union through an illegally imposed trusteeship (McCarron v. Carpenters, C.D. Cal., 8:13-cv-01559-JVS-AN, complaint H/ed 10/4/ 13).
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that Douglas McCarron violated Section 302 of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act when he breached the union’s constitutional rules for implementing a trusteeship on a council or local branch of the union.
LMRDA Section 302 states that labor organizations must abide by their union constitutions and bylaws when establishing a trusteeship over a subordinate body of the organization.
According to the complaint, Douglas McCarron illegally delegated his authority to place the SWRCC under emergency supervision to Carpenters union Vice President Douglas Banes without holding a hearing to determine whether the emergency supervision was necessary (59 CLR 713, 8/1/13).
Banes placed Local 1506, where Michael McCarron also served as executive secretary-treasurer, under a de facto trusteeship.
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Michael McCarron, along with plaintiffs and former union officers Michael Olds and Lindsey Maldoon, are seeking reinstatement to their elected offices within the council and Local 1506 and an order enjoining Douglas McCarron and Banes from establishing another trusteeship over SWRCC for a period of time.
Carpenters union representatives did not comment on the filed complaint.
Leaders Make Accusations Before Hearing
A copy of the Carpenters' constitution accompanying the complaint states in Section 10 Paragraph H that the general president “may appoint a committee to hold a hearing after due notice to such subordinate body or member" if it appears that a Carpenters council or local is "acting contrary to the welfare” of the union.
Paragraph H also states the general president “may appoint a representative to assume supervision over any Local Union or Council pending the holding of a hearing" if an emergency situation at a council or local exists.
In the complaint, Michael McCarron claims that there was no emergency situation at the SWRCC and that the internal charges of illegal conduct brought against him by Douglas McCarron and the council‘s acting secretary~treasurer Michael Draper are unjustifiable.
One month before imposing the emergency supervision, Douglas McCarron and Draper brought internal charges again Michael McCarron for allegedly violating the Carpenters' constitution by misusing union funds (59 CLR 803, 8/22/13).
Michael McCarron has been accused of overcharging the SWRCC’s training fund to rent training centers in California, Arizona and Utah and using the excess payments from the fund to inflate his salary and that of several officers.
Michael McCarron has disputed the charges and states in the complaint that nearly $5 million in overpaid rent was refunded to the training fund on May 31. The council's executive committee ratified the payment at its June meeting, the complaint states.
After the charges were filed, Douglas McCarron allegedly gave Banes the authority to place the SWRCC under emergency supervision and impose trusteeship over the council. According to the complaint, "nothing in the constitution authorizes the general president to delegate such authority to the general vice president.”
In addition, Douglas McCarron and Banes allegedly violated the Carpenters' constitution when they decided to avoid holding a fair hearing to assess the so-called emergency situation before placing the council under trusteeship, the complaint states.
A Carpenters representative confirmed to Bloomberg BNA Oct. 10 that Banes has scheduled a hearing to review the emergency supervision on Oct. 16, and all members of the regional council have been notified.
Family Feud Allegedly Bled into Union Affairs
Michael McCarron has spoken out on the charges against him and the trusteeship, claiming that his brother made plans to remove him from his position at the council after their mother died.
According to the complaint, Douglas McCarron allegedly told Michael McCarron that he was “done” during their mother's funeral on May 24.
According to a statement from Michael McCarron and a camp of supporters who operate a website called “Stand With Mike," Michael McCarron was a trustee to his mother's estate “and this fact infuriated Doug, because he had no control over the estate and Mike did not want to liquidate it as Doug demanded.”
Michael McCarron's complaint states that he and his wife have been co~trustees on his mother's estate since Aug. 6, 2004.
Carpenters union leaders contest Michael McCarron's claims that the emergency supervision is related to a family dispute.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jewel Edwards at jedwards@bna.com
To learn more visit Stand With Mike McCarron.
Th truth hurt's and Doug most assuredly made the threat as spoken/quoted in the suit. He was surprised that Mike exposed him. Afterall, he's been protected for so damn long by the criminal elements he associates with, that ole Doug's getting sloppy in his old age & never expected that piss ant younger (sorry Mike, just getting into the role) brother of his to dare challenge his Supreme authority.
ReplyDeleteWas it not Doug, (Mr. Drywall Sheetcounter himself) who coined the phrase "Deranged Commie's and Loner's" when referring to the Journeyman Carpenters who make up the UBCJA & who directly pay his bloated & exhorbitant salary, triple dip benefits & perk's?
Hey Doug; Asshole, if the shoe fits....
Now, once past the "your done" gem, all the rest of Mike's counter allegations take on a new meaning & start falling in place. Doug's been using these crooked tactics for 18+ years. He's amassed far too much money for an alleged "Non-Profit" organization. Let's face it, when the UBCJA International whose salaried employees produce zero tangible product during the course of any given year can amass amounts which shall soon be a billion dollars, the balance dollar wise and power wise has been tipped in the wrong direction & the same holds true for every UBCJA District Council nationwide.
Neither entity produce a damn thing. They build nothing, they produce nothing, they organize nothing, yet they retain all of the monies, power and control of the Local Unions assets and affairs nationwide - all of which stand in direct contravention to the tenets of the NLRA.
The UBCJA and its leaders are nothing but a bunch of street thugs who dropped their tool bags (if they ever wore them) to don the easy money do-nothing suit & tie so they could get their grubby little hands on the money in the Benefit Trust Funds. Like Doug's prior suit against Ayers, its reminscent of scenes from the Godfather.The only problem here & there though was that direct quote emanted from Doug McCarron's own guilty conscience, as that is exactly how he views himself - the Untouchable Godfather for all things UBC
Anyone ever notice how every D.C. Benefit Trust Fund has more lawyers & accountants than necessary, each one taking a piece of the pie (your money) and how the funds are always moved around so many times the average guy can't figure out how much you really took in in a given year, and how much they hid or stole outright?
Ole Doug's as guilty as Sin & everyone knows it. Now it's a matter of do the Fed's have the sack to their damn job & take this criminal enterprise down & take Doug McCarron out on Federal Criminal racketeering indictments. The evidence has been there for years & the statute of limitations have yet to run on many, many potential charges against the GP & his partners in crime.
As long as the finish does not sound like this, "I'd like to introduce the new UBC Gen Pres Mke McCarron.
DeleteYou anarchists are seizing this opportunity like the desperate souls you are. In the long run, had Doug never been elected and given the tools to lead, we would be at about 200,000 members, New York would still be 100% mob run, our bargaining power across the continent would be zero and the only question would be who was going to turn out the lights. Love him or hate him, Douglas J. McCarron reshaped this union into a much more modern entity poised for action when the depression ends. There was no future before him, and despite his spoiled little brothers' accusations, there has been positive and meaningful growth under him as General President. No one agrees with him 100% of the time, and he is a human like the rest of us. However, it is undeniable that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was rescued from the steady decline by his leadership. So, simple minds filled with nothing but hatred and self interest, never looking at the greater good, foam at the mouth and rant about how he denied you the rights you never bothered to exercise, and how he prevented this union from becoming a weak, invisible entity like the Painters, Sheet Metal Workers, Iron Workers, Insulators, etc, etc, etc.
DeleteLove him or hate him, Douglas J. McCarron reshaped this union into a much more modern entity poised for action when the depression ends.
DeleteHe removed democracy from the real stewards of this union, the members. FU & Dougie & Mike 2.
Hey, no offense, but leaving everything up to the members would be chaos. Everyone would vote for what is good for THEMSELVES and screw everyone else, which would be like what we have in congress, no way to actually get anything done. And, oh yeah, didn't the MEMBERS elect Mike Ford, Freddie Devine, ..........I guess they always know best for everything, right genius?
DeleteSometimes grown up people have to put aside childish thoughts and look at the whole picture, not just what they can see from their knees....
Okay, If you want to look at the whole picture, Mike Ford and Freddie Devine were geniuses compared to what we have now.
ReplyDeletegrown up people have to put aside childish thoughts
ReplyDeleteReally? Is it childish to have no voice in the UBCJA. Bet your one of those followers based on this, your statement;
........."but leaving everything up to the members would be chaos. Everyone would vote for what is good for THEMSELVES and screw everyone else, which would be like what we have in congress,"
The will of the majority, oits inyour constitution, Mr. Lamb.
And the majority have their voice in elections, choosing their leaders and delegates.....like Bilello, Lebo........but hey, you pegged me, I am a follower, but of truth and fairness, not rumors, hyperbole and the hooray for me and screw you attitude that most of the people on here display. Good luck schmucko!
ReplyDeleteOnly shmucks @ 395 are those that defend any McCarron.
ReplyDelete"There was no future before him, and despite his spoiled little brothers' accusations, there has been positive and meaningful growth under him as General President. No one agrees with him 100% of the time, and he is a human like the rest of us. However, it is undeniable that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was rescued from the steady decline by his leadership. So, simple minds filled with nothing but hatred and self interest, never looking at the greater good, foam at the mouth and rant about how he denied you the rights you never bothered to exercise"
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely False!
Prior to Doug, the UBCJA had 1.3M members. Today we have less than 500k. We ran smoothly & efficiently when the UBCJA had direct Ona Man, One Voe Elections & did so from 1881-1995 or 114 years running, that is until Doug McCarron hijacked Democracy via spending $225M plus of our hard earned money bribing DOL officials, State & Federal Judges and eviscerating & negating the NLRA via bogus lawsuits and bought off Opinions & Orders.
The only ones foaming at the mouth are those who oled Doug may bring down with him, those with guilty consciences or who've been on the receiving end of of all that dirty bribe money, so save the b.s. for someone else.
At least, albeit untwittingly, you admit that Doug McCarron hijacked rights which members allegedly failed to exercise, that being - the right to One Man One Vote. Nowhere within the text of the NLRA does it describe a representative form of democracy as goes the false claims via the phony bought suit better known as Harington v. Chao.
The battle is only beginning ladies, so don't get those panties in a bunch Mark. Your next.
This battle may not even truly get started. Lets wait & see, #1, if Mike M. gets the go ahead for his suit to proceed to trial.
ReplyDeleteYou support (where the f'k was he while all this was taking place), M. Mcarron your dancing with the devil.
As to quote yourself, "so save the b.s. for someone else".
i heard that Mike withdrew his suit. Is that true? Why would he do that?
DeleteYou get what you deserve. When Mike Forde was convicted of defrauding this Union - there were still a majority that voted for him into office. His reign of corruption continues. People like Mo Leary, Mo McGrath, Devereaux, Hanley, etc - got away with defrauding this union for years and are now collecting pensions to fund their way into retirement.
ReplyDeleteThere were people that warned you of what was about to come and you voted them out of office. Many of you took part in the corruption and saw no wrong in it as you were getting yours.
Not I!
DeleteMike McCarron, no natter what the f'k he does, or does not do, is not the way to save this union.
Get rid of all the McCarron's and this union might have a fighting chance.
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