AGREEMENT made on this 11th day of January 2014 by and between the Manufacturing Woodworkers Association of Greater New York, Inc. ("MWA") and the New York City District Council of Carpenters (the "District Council");
WHEREAS, the parties have negotiated in good faith regarding the terms and conditions of a successor collective bargaining agreement, inasmuch as the predecessor collective bargaining agreement expired on June 30, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the parties agree that all of the terms and conditions of the predecessor agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a ten year period except as specifically modified below;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the MWA and the District Council agree that all terms and conditions of the MWA & District Council Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA''), with the exceptions of what are included in this Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA"), shall continue except as modified below.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Memorandum of Agreement between the NYCDCC and MWA
THE SEVENTH THIRTY-DAY REPORT REGARDING ELECTRONIC JOB REPORTING AND RELATED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES
The District Council submits this Seventh Thirty-Day Report pursuant to (1) the Decision & Order entered on May 8, 2013 (Doc. 1315), (2) the Order entered on June 11, 2013 (Doc. 1332), (3) the Order entered on July 16, 2013 (Doc. 1358), (4) the Order entered on September 3, 2013 (Doc. 1386), (5) the Order entered on September 12, 2013 (Doc. 1394), and (6) the Order entered on October 23, 2013 (Doc. 1426), in United States v. District Council, 90 Civ. 5722 (RMB).
This report covers the period from December 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 and sets forth statistics regarding electronic job reporting and related anti-corruption compliance measures established by the District Council’s collective bargaining agreements (“CBAs”) with the Wall-Ceiling and Carpentry Industries of New York, Inc. (“WC&C”), the Building Contractors Association, Inc. (“BCA”), the General Contractors Association of New York, Inc. (“GCA”), the Floor Coverers Association of Greater New York, Inc. (“FCA”), the Contractors Association of Greater New York (“CAGNY”), and the Cement League, Inc. (“CLI”).
(John's note: The boxes at the end of Exhibits A and B show the bottom line on steward compliance. Also can someone try dissecting this report and post what it means, maybe I am stupid but I don't understand what this report is trying to say).
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Election Commentary– SAY NO TO JOE!
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| SAY NO TO JOE! |
He was the former President of Local 1536 where there were more laborers doing timberman's work than timbermen, as long as you had a 1536 foreman standing up doing nothing, there was no problem letting the timbermen rot on the OWL.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
SAY NO TO JOE
Question: Joe Geiger's campaign literature states "Leadership That Transforms", now where did we hear that phrase before?
Answer: From GP Douglas McCarron "Transformational Leadership"!
WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER SOCK PUPPET, SAY NO TO JOE!
Vote for the person who fights for the membership. VOTE GREG KELTY!
Friday, January 10, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Kelty Wins Big in Debate
Last night Greg Kelty eviscerated a unknowing and bewildered Joe Geiger. Throughout the debate, Geiger looked shaken, ill prepared, never getting out of his chair or looking at the camera, reciting old talking points and platitudes and showing a lack of knowledge and vision as Kelty gave a master class at the NYC District Council.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Today’s Court Order
John's note: The election will proceed on schedule. The ballots were mailed yesterday. The debate is tomorrow at 5 p.m. on the 10th floor at 395 Hudson Street. It will be videotaped and uploaded to the DC web site. The candidate literature for the mailing paid for by the DC has been received from Messrs. Kelty and Geiger and will be duplicated and mailed as quickly as possible. I expect that to be by Thursday afternoon or Friday at the latest.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Transcript from this morning's Court Conference.
(John's note: The RO indicated that he did not oppose a mailing paid for by the DC. Judge Berman said the same thing and asked the RO to arrange it. Though no order was issued, there will be a mailing, probably sent out by Thursday or Friday).
THE COURT: So on my agenda I have a couple of
election-related issues that people wanted to be heard on,
Mr. Tagliaferro, Mr. Nee, Mr. Kelty, and then of course I would
hear from the review officer and also from the government on
these issues.
SAY NO TO JOE
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| Geiger a fake phony fraud |
The Truth is—Joe has never once advocated for the membership or advanced any membership rights. On the contrary, Joe is a high paid 2005 Mike Forde appointed holdover who has consistently voted for and supported corrupt UBC leadership and voted against the memberships best interest.
Examples of Joe's voting record:
- June 2011: VOTED YES on all PLA jobs
- January 2012: VOTED YES to bar members from attending delegate body meetings
- August 2012: VOTED YES to Full Mobility
- April 2013: VOTED NO to send contract to membership for Ratification
We need leadership at the council that is willing to take the bull by the horns and engage in rigorous self-analysis. We need a leader with vision and a can do attitude who will step up and say we understand the problems and, with alacrity, we are going to solve them and move this DC into the modern, efficient, compliant business that must benefit our members and their families!
Vote for the person who fights for the membership. VOTE GREG KELTY!
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Election Commentary
(John's note: The following was posted in the forum).
His campaign "HONESTY FOR A CHANGE"
Joe tell us the truth about what is going on. Did anyone do anything wrong to the membership? How honest is the council? Your words and campaign. Honesty for a change means what happen in the past was dishonest.
Your Commitment
Restore dental and optical benefits immediately for the member and their families.
Answer: Do you understand the reason why we lost this much needed benefit . We lost this because the man hours were down due to the fact we did have out of towner's working and construction was not as busy as we would like.
Restore benefits for the retiree's with no co pay:
How do you plan on doing this, if you don't have a plan how good can it be? We all need this not just the retiree's. The membership should not be betrayed at any cost. NOT EVEN FOR THERE VOTE .
This all cost money not promises. You voted for PLA's at every contract, what this does is it takes away money that we need to help cover our expenses that we need to survive.
No more out of towners:
The international agreement is killing us. Joe again its a statement that you don't have the power to over rule. Its the International that govern this not our EST.
Apprenticeship program for our members ' children first:
Joe you are a delegate that is suppose to represent our members. How come we the members did not hear you say anything about this when it was spoken about, you have a voice. Maybe the department of labor has the final say on this and not Joe. What commitment do you have?
More Jobs!!!
Yes more jobs.. How about for the members that need them not the council reps . If the Reps had more support from there leaders maybe we can do something about putting more members to work.
NO More Pay cuts Reduce the private sector PLA's
What about no more PLA's in this city, why do you, yes Joe 100% of the time vote the PLA's in the contract .
Joe you are not hearing the membership, yes we get a raise up front but because of the PLA's we give it back plus more. Is this what I want as our EST? Once again you have a voice that is silent for the membership.
Fix the OWL system and bring accountability
How are you going to do that. You voted for full mobility on the last contract. I see how you are going to fix this problem. Its sad but true, You guys had a mailing ballot about the full mobility and the members cast there ballot about this and voted majority did not want the full mobility. When it came to a vote from the delegate body you were the one that help vote this thru.
Its Very clear to me that MR. JOE GEIGER has a commitment for himself and not the members best interest.
I ask every member who gets the chance to vote in this election do vote on what is right and protect our future. The strength of this union is the member that vote for the future. Lets be a union of one not the chosen few.
Vote for the person that is not afraid to speak their members voice. VOTE GREG KELTY!
Thursday, January 2, 2014
EST Candidate Debate Forum
EST Candidates Gregory Kelty (Local 157) and Joseph Geiger (Local 1556) will debate on Wednesday, January 8th starting at 5 p.m. and will be held on the tenth floor at 395 Hudson Street.
Review Officer (RO) Dennis Walsh has set the debate format as follows:
The RO will serve as the moderator. The debate will be video recorded by the IG's office and posted on the DC web site.
We will begin with opening statements from both Gregory Kelty and Joseph Geiger of up to five minutes. Each of you may respond to and rebut the opening statement of the other. You will have two minutes each for such rebuttal.
We will then proceed with questions from the RO that you each must answer. You will have two minutes for each answer and one minute for rebuttal.
The next segment will feature questions that you pose to each other. Timing will remain at two minutes for an answer and one minute for rebuttal.
We will then have member questions. Forms will be available for members to write down their names, UBC numbers and one question addressed to both candidates. No questions posed to just one candidate will be allowed. Members who complete such forms will place them in a box and they will be drawn at random.
Timing for the member questions will be limited to one minute answers and one minute rebuttals.
Finally, you will each be given up to five minutes to make a closing statement.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
An open letter to the brothers and sisters of the NYCDCC
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| Greg Kelty |
Brothers and Sisters: I have been a member of this District Council for 29 ½ years. I hold a Bachelor degree in Business Administration with a Major in Finance. I am presently the Treasurer of Local Union 157 and Delegate to the DC. I am a strong advocate for our members and work tirelessly to insure the rank and file members are not being taken advantage of by the leadership of the council.
These past two years have been a rude awakening for many of us, this Council has been a ship without a rudder wandering aimlessly from month to month. We have had an absence of vision and leadership at the council for too long. The only objective of this council since the UBC International ended its supervision has been to shove crappy contracts and PLA’s down working carpenter’s throats. Even in light of the news that construction starts may hit or even surpass the highs of 2007 next year, our leadership is still approving PLA wage and benefit concessions.
Our Rep center is a complete failure. Our council reps seem to have little knowledge of the contracts and jurisdictional issues. I have heard from way too many members that council reps don’t represent them, they are there for the contractors and when they should be going to bat for our contractors over jurisdictional issues, they give our work away.
I think most of us will agree the Organizing Department has undoubtedly been the costliest and biggest failure of any department at the DC. The Area Standards Campaign has not produced a single benefit for our members and has been a dismal failure for years. It seems it's only purpose is to give DC reps high paying jobs and members a place to fulfill their annual picket obligation so we don’t lose $500.00. The fact that no one at the Council acknowledges this complete failure shows a complete lack of vision and leadership.
Many of our delegates will tell you our legal counsel at the DC are an embarrassment and a disgrace. From the MWA fiasco to lack of filing legal notices for the strikes in a timely manner is inexcusable.
The most recent embarrassment was at the last court conference, despite assurances from the DC, Judge Berman was shocked to find out that the compliance program and IT systems put in place are not functioning as promised. Judge Berman approved full mobility, at the objection of many members, because of the assurances he received from the DC that its compliance program is 100% functional, and now as a consequence the contracts are in jeopardy of being abolished.
At the conference, Review Officer Dennis Walsh remarked about the failure of leadership at the DC:
"The frustrating thing about the District Council of Carpenters is that it only responds to negative inducement. One would have thought that after all these years of oversight, the pendency of a consent decree since 1994, and the stipulation and order since June of 2010 that the leadership at the union would have decided, finally, we must engage in rigorous self-analysis. We must figure out how to improve this institution so that it is perfected, so that not only is corruption eradicated, but that it functions as the modern, efficient, compliant business that it must be to benefit its 20,000 members and their families."
Brothers and sisters, we need leadership at the council that is willing to take the bull by the horns and engage in rigorous self-analysis. We need a leader with vision and a can do attitude who will step up and say we understand these problems and, with alacrity, we are going to solve them and move this DC into the modern, efficient, compliant business that must benefit our members and their families!
Fraternally,
Greg Kelty
ATTENTION NYCDC MEMBERS
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| CLICK TO PRINT |
ELECT GREG KELTY FOR EST
Joe Geiger voted for:
- ALL PLA Wage CUTS
- PLA Benefit cuts
- FULL MOBILITY
SAY NO TO PLA CUTS
SAY NO TO JOE
STAND WITH THE RANK AND FILE
ELECT GREG KELTY FOR EST
You can help Greg win by printing copies of the above flyer and post it on the job site.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
A Message from our Executive Secretary-Treasurer Pro Tem
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| Steve McInnis |
More than a dozen contracts have been negotiated and ratified in 2013 and more are expected before the New Year. Some members are already seeing wage increases, while others will be implemented soon. With the certainty of working under current collective bargaining agreements with wage and benefit contribution increases, workers can once again focus on the job at hand. This is also good for the members and their families because we have made responsible additional allocations to the Welfare Funds and have seen real improvement. With guidance from our actuaries and in cooperation with Management Trustees there is potential for some restoration of benefits lost over the last few years. We know these changes have been a burden on many of our members and look forward to the day when we can make even small positive changes.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Essay Questions for EST Candidates
As part of Review Officer (RO) Dennis Walsh's election schedule, candidates must report to the District Council to write a 500 -word essay on topics related to District Council governance.
The RO asked the following questions to Gregory Kelty (Local 157) and Joseph Geiger (Local 1556).
What is your plan to insure that the DC is: (1) corruption free, (2)
complying with Court Orders and its Bylaws, (3) using all
appropriate methods to grow man hours, (4) spending all monies in
a prudent manner and (5) using modern technology and efficient
work flows in accomplishing its daily business?
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
McCarron directs Local 157 to Rerun Delegate Election
In summary, Local Union 157 is directed to rerun the election for delegates as soon as practical and in accordance with the requirements of the UBC Constitution. Any member who was previously nominated but no longer wishes to be a candidate should withdraw their candidacy. Also the President of the Local Union should exercise the authority provided for under section 33A and "determine all questions of eligibility for office subject to appeal to the General President under section 53G".
THE SIXTH THIRTY-DAY REPORT REGARDING ELECTRONIC JOB REPORTING AND RELATED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES
(John's note: Can someone try dissecting this report and post what it means, for the life of me I don't understand what this report is trying to say).
The District Council submits this Sixth Thirty-Day Report pursuant to (1)the Decision&
Order entered on May 8, 2013 , (2)the Order entered on June 11,2013, (3) the Order entered on July 16, 2013, (4)the Order entered on September 3, 2013 , (5) the Order entered on September 12, 2013, and (6) the Order entered
on October 23, 2013 in United States v. District Council, 90 Civ. 5722 (RMB).
This report covers the period from November 1, 2013 to November 30, 2013 and sets forth statistics regarding electronic job reporting and related anti-corruption compliance measures established by the District Council's collective bargaining agreements ("CBAs") with the Wall-Ceiling and Carpentry Industries of New York, Inc. ("WC&C"), the Building Contractors Association, Inc.
("BCA"), the General Contractors Association of New York, Inc. ("GCA"), the Floor Coverers Association of Greater New York, Inc. ("FCA"), the Contractors Association of Greater New York ("CAGNY"), and the Cement League, Inc. ("CLI").
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Endorsed Court Order regarding IT at the DC
I write to follow up the letter that Barbara Jones sent to the Court on behalf of the District Council on December 3, 2013 and the parties' discussions with Your Honor during the December 4, 2013 conference related to the District Council's Technology Committee and IT Modernization plan.
