By Steven Greenhouse --The New York Times
The carpenters’ union local for the East Side was placed under emergency supervision yesterday by Douglas McCarron, the president of the parent union in Washington. In a news release, the parent union, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, said officials with Local 157 here had acted inconsistently with the standards expected of the union’s employees. Members of the carpenters’ union said its independent investigator was looking into allegations of no-show jobs at Local 157. Also yesterday, the union announced that the business manager of Local 157 had resigned. One business representative was fired, a second resigned and a third was suspended, the union said. Mr. McCarron has appointed the union’s Eastern District vice president, Frank Spencer, to temporarily oversee Local 157.
Who is the business manager now, and who was fired?
ReplyDeletei called the local they said no december meeting...whats up
ReplyDeleteis the local sending out a letter to the members about this mess?
ReplyDeleteJohn, just heard about the site, good job.
ReplyDeletefirst, it is such shame on what is going on. i like to know what is going to happen to this local in the end of all this?
ReplyDeleteHappy to read Rambo has been appointed ba...good luck, voted for Rambo
ReplyDeleteGreat site, thanks for keeping us informed
ReplyDeletewhy is there no informationon the district council website?
ReplyDeletewhen is this letter coming and who was fired and why?
ReplyDeleteI believe brother mccarron should grant us an election,i also believe brother forde should look at all the locals business managers before he decides to take down his political opposition. this way it would not have been so obvious as to his intent VERY STALINISTIC DON'T YOU THINK.I hope our brothers and sisters at the international can see through the smoke screen and remove brother forde from office before his second conviction saving our union and all our good efforts from more embarassment
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS A NEW YEAR LOCAL 157 WILL COME BACK STRONGER THAN EVER.
ReplyDeleteLets clean up our district council
ReplyDeleteYrs ago it was great BUT now days all greedy reps n stewards belong in the slammer
http://www.boweryboogie.com/2011/05/citizenm-hotel-coming-to-185-191-bowery/
ReplyDeletenot sure if anyone cares any more but here is more massive nonunion work slated for our neighborhood
What the hell are the union reps losing ? This union should be dismantled .all greedy ass reps that lose nothing while the workers busting their asses lose everything ! What a disgrace
ReplyDeletewe all really need to know what medical benifits are you reps losing ! And how many paid vacations do you guys get compared to the workers ! And how many yrs are you guys out of work ! Are you guys in the hall in danger of losing your homes !
ReplyDeleteThe union lives off of all the workers ! Time to let them sit home and suffer and worry how they will pay their bills !
ReplyDeleteImagine if we all kept our union dues we could buy our own medical and the union reps would be panicking because they would have no steady paycheck ! Just like we have no steady paycheck !
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