Dear Sir and Brother:
This will respond to your letter dated May 3, 2013. You currently hold the position of
President, to which you were recently elected, of the New York City and Vicinity District
Council of Carpenters (“Council”). On behalf of the Council, you requested dispensation from
certain requirements of the UBC Constitution.
You explained that Michael Bilello held the position of Executive Secretary-Treasurer
(“EST”) of the Council until a “Notice of Veto by the Review Officer” was issued on April 29,
2013. The veto was issued by Dennis M. Walsh, the Review Officer appointed pursuant to a
Stipulation and Order in United States v. District Council, et al., 90 Civ. 5722 (SDNY; RMB).
The veto provides, in part, that Brother Bilello’s “service as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the
[ Council] is hereby vetoed.”
Section 32B of the UBC Constitution provides, in part, that,
(w)hen a vacancy occurs in any elective office of a Council, the Executive
Secretary-Treasurer of the Council may appoint a qualified member to fill the
vacancy pro tem, until such time as an election is held to fill the vacancy. If no
Executive Secretary-Treasurer position exists or such position is vacant, the
President of the Council may make such pro-tem appointment.
Thus, as the Council EST position is presently vacant, you, as President, may appoint a
qualified member to serve as Council EST on a pro-tem basis. You indicated that you are “not
comfortable appointing another member” to the EST position. However, you do wish to appoint
yourself as interim EST, but doing so would require you to vacate the President position to
which you were elected.
Additional information has been provided to this office. For example, the Review
Officer has authority to schedule an election to fill the EST vacancy. The election process may
be completed by October, 2013. Thus, once a pro-tem appointment is made, the EST position
would be held on an interim basis only until the election process is completed, which could be
less than six months from now. Not filling the position is unacceptable, as it is important that the
functions of EST be carried out in the meantime.
Accordingly, dispensation was requested from the requirement(s) of Section 3 lA of the
UBC Constitution, which provides, in part, that, “(n)o member may hold more than one office or
be a candidate for more than one office in a regular election, in the same subordinate body,
unless dispensation to combine the two offices has been granted by the General President.”
Specifically, you requested dispensation to allow you to hold the EST position, but at the same
time remain in the office of President. You acknowledged that when the election to fill the EST
vacancy occurs, you would be required to vacate the position of President, should you decide to
run.
Section 10K of the UBC Constitution provides that, “(t)he General President shall have
the power to grant dispensation on all matters which will be beneficial to the United
Brotherhood.” Your request for dispensation has been carefully reviewed and considered. Based
on information provided, and the special circumstances involved, I have determined to grant
dispensation as follows: you may maintain your position as President of the Council, while also
holding the position of Council EST, until such time as a qualified member is elected as EST to
fill the unexpired term.
I trust that the foregoing responds to your request.
Fraternally yours,
Douglas J. McCarron
General President
did he own a non union company in the bronxs
ReplyDeleteDROP DEAD UNITY TEAM !
ReplyDeleteSo - will ole Steve be collecting two pay-checks?
ReplyDeleteIf pressured, he will of course take the higher of the two pay-checks & then appoint one of his buddies to play President. It's amazing how all the Council jobs are do nothing crap all week long, two weeks in a row, shit for tangible results & then comes the big dog & pony show called the 'Delegate Meeting' where ita all about documents dumps & chest puffing sit down, shut the fuck up antics to justify the overblown salaries, double & triple dip pensions & of course the perks.
And the brain dead masses bend over & say thank you Dennis Walsh may I have another, Animal House style.....Thank you Sir, May I have Another?
Fat, Drunk & Stupid is no way to go through life son!
Don't worry though Ladies, like sheet-counter/errand boy McCarron, Mcinnis will succumb to his overblown resume (which has jack for real world experience) and his hack political career wher eits all talk, all the time w/i ever producing results and this sack of shit will seel your asses down the East River so quick, you won;t know what hit you until your all on the unemplyment line sucking hind tit to out of state travelers, 1099 cash workers and illegal aliens of course.
And what has that ball-less spine-less heap of dung Torrance done about any of the racketeering goiong on since the McCarron show came to town three years ago - not a damn thing. The Corporate Gangsters, Walsh included see little Benjie & they pee their panst right? Wrong, they laugh & spit in his face all the way to the Bank.
I wonder if they make the deposits at the Bank of China across from Walsh's plush new digs (paid for on your dime)?