Message from the District Council: Brothers and Sisters,
Please be informed, starting with your (4th) Fourth Quarter 2013 vacation check, the New York City District Council working dues and assessment invoice will no longer be included with the mailing of your vacation check. Due to the new upgraded Benefit Funds System and the use of separate vendors, the New York City District Council will no longer have the ability to combine the working dues invoice with your vacation check. Please be aware that you will receive a separate working dues assessment invoice directly from the New York City District Council, and it is your responsibility to remit payment prior to the due date.
If you have not yet completed a working dues/assessment Deduction Authorization Form, or if you have any questions, please contact the New York City District Council Assessment Department at (212) 366-7375.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Notice of Billing Changes for Working Dues Assessments
Thursday, February 20, 2014
BREAKING NEWS
Local157blogspot has learned that... Review Officer (RO) Dennis Walsh has informed the District Council that he will ask the U.S. Attorney's office on Monday to agree to a plan to modify the Stipulation and Order by removing all provisions requiring that he be given prior notice of all District Council and local union expenditures, appointments, contracts, rules and procedures and other matters.
The RO believes that the District Council and local unions should be given the opportunity - based on their consistently compliant practices - to demonstrate that their compliance is sustainable. He recently recommended and the District Court approved a plan to remove the requirement of the Stipulation and Order that local unions give him prior notice of all expenditures.
The RO has also informed the District Council that the veto authority of the RO might be dissolved in favor of the RO bringing motions in the District Court for contempt should the Consent Decree or Stipulation and Order be violated by the District Council, local union, or any member of a local union.
RO Walsh has stated that his office must become less visible to allow the District Council and local unions the opportunity to demonstrate their good faith and the sustainability of the reform measures implemented over the last three years.
As part of the plan, the Review Officer would not have to exercise his right to file a motion with the District Court to extend his tenure - with no alteration of the Stipulation and Order - by six months, and would continue to serve with a modified Stipulation and Order through at least 2014.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Judge Approves Agreements with the Association of Concrete Contractors of New York
Having reviewed the record herein, including, without limitation, (i) the May 26, 2009
Court Order determining that "[t]he percentage of the total carpenter workforce on a job site selected by a contractor shall not exceed 67%" with "[t]he remaining 33% of the total carpenter workforce on a jobsite ... assigned by the District Council from the Out of Work List," (Final Order and Judgment of Contempt and Remedy, filed May 27,2009 ("2009 Order"), at 3(b)(iv), (v»; (ii) the Court's May 8,2013 Decision and Order stating that "it is ordered that the Court's May 26,2009 Order (Haight, 1) is hereby modified and superseded to permit the parties forthwith to implement the full mobility job hiring and compliance procedures specified in the
[collective bargaining agreement ("CBA")] between the District Council and the [Wall-Ceiling and Carpentry Industries of New York, Inc. ("WC&C")] approved on April 25, 2013"; (iii) the District Council's December 12,2013 letter which: enclosed copies of two new CBAs between the District Council and the Association of Concrete Contractors of New York, Inc. ("ACCNY") (the "ACCNY CBAs" or "Agreements"); noted that "[w]hile certain terms and conditions of the ACCNY CBAs submitted here differ slightly from those in the GCA CBA and The Cement League CBA, all provide for full mobility, electronic reporting of jobs and hours...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Job Openings - NY State Carpenters Labor Management Corporation:Executive Director
New York State Carpenters (incorporated as the "Labor Management
Corporation") is seeking an Executive Director with proven
management and leadership skills to help further the mutual goals
of the New York City District Council of Carpenters and the City's
unionized contractors, construction managers and developers.
With over 12,000 active members, the New York State Carpenters
workforce includes skilled carpenters, millwrights, dockbuilders,
timbermen, cabinetmakers and floor coverers. New York State
Carpenters formed the Labor Management Corporation under their
several collective bargaining agreements and it is governed by a
Board of Directors consisting of an equal number of union and
management representatives.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Vote Memebers Voice 157—Local 157 Delegate Election
Where: 395 Hudson St. New York, NY 10014 (Labor Technical College – Clarkson St. entrance)
Votes will be counted upon the closing of the polls at 6pm. The hall will also be open from 6am - 6pm for members who wish to pay union dues.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Transcript from January 28, 2014 Court Conference
THE COURT: So first off, congratulations to the new
EST. Is he here?
MR. GEIGER: Yes, your Honor.
THE COURT: Congratulations.
MR. GEIGER: Thank you.
THE COURT: And how was the vote? What was the
process? Did you win by.
MR. GEIGER: It was slightly more than a two-to-one
margin. The vote was held Friday, and the votes were tallied
on Friday.
THE COURT: Nice to have you here.
MR. GEIGER: Thank you.
THE COURT: So I received a letter from Judge Jones
yesterday evening or so, and it's very helpful. What I would
like to do today is deal with these -- the following issues in
the following order.
First, in Judge Jones' letter she raises at the end of
the letter this issue about international agreements, and
frankly, I would like to hear about that first. I'm curious as
to know what that's about and where that's leading us. So
perhaps on that issue I might hear from Mr. Walsh and also then
the district council and anybody else that wants to add
anything to that. So that would be the first thing I would
like to hear about.
The second I would like to talk about the two pending
CBAs. I'm aware that they had -- you are too, that they had
been earlier submitted but never acted upon by me, and that is
because of my concern that they contain provisions that -- this
may be too strong, but on their face are not being complied
with. That's the whole point of the other discussion that
we're having here is that the so-called anti-fraud provisions
in all the CBAs do not appear to be -- well, that may be too
strong, but you understand my point about that. It's kind of
odd to go forward and approve an agreement, which I probably
would not have done incidentally historically had I known at
the time that the provisions that are mandatory in the
agreements, they use the word "shall," were not or could not or
were not adequately being complied with. That would be the
second issue.
Then I would like to talk about the proposed new
amendment of the stipulation and order, what that's about, why
people feel that's important and necessary, then to talk about
the status of electronic reporting. I did note that one of the
consultant, I don't know if that's what it's called, that
District Council retained, one of its early recommendations was
that there be in-house IT capability. That's something that I
have been thinking about and talking about for several months
now, and frankly I have been surprised that that issue hadn't
been taken care of a long time ago.But anyway, I'm all for that. And then we can talk more about electronic reporting,
where that stands.
And then there's an issue about Mr. Walsh. Is he here
today?
Not the RO Walsh, but -- well, maybe that issue will
not be pursued, but we'll see.
So yeah, with that in mind, then of course we can hear
about if anybody has any other issues that they want to
discuss.
So let's hear about this, Mr. Walsh, if we might, this
international agreements issue. It's somewhat of a concern to
me because it suggests, at least from Judge Jones' letter
that -- maybe this is too strong, but somebody is trying to
evade the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining
agreement, at least in spirit, and that is a problem, in my
opinion.
