Local 157 blogspot

Job growth in the New York area over the past year outpaced every other region in the nation, with more than 77,500 new jobs reported in the...

UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA NEW YORK DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS. For Immediate Release November 26, 2007-- ...

Union carpenters have been picketing at 48th and Broadway to protest some work being done by a nonunion contractor. Mike Martin, business r...

By Steven Greenhouse -- The New York Times The carpenters’ union local for the East Side was placed under emergency supervision yesterday b...

Latest Update: I went to the local Monday morning, here's what happened. President and business manager Bill Hanley, Vice President/ bu...

By ANNIE CORREAL-- NY Times November 26, 2007--Olga Aguilar walked through a tunnel of scaffolding at 6:30 a.m. on a recent weekday and into...

Some of you suguested I repost this excellent speech by General President Doug McCarron, addressing the delegates at the United Brotherhood ...

Brothers and sisters in cased you missed it, John Edwards receives the endorsement of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Am...

The School of Visual Arts continues building its newest dormitory on the Lower East Side to house hundreds of students by next fall, regardl...

FOR WHICH WE GIVE THANKS The first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in mid-October 1621, nearly one year after the Pilgrims land...

New York Breaking News... Three local 157 union officials suddenly resigned on Wednesday November 21, 2007 . President and business manager ...

NEW YORK -November 21, 2007 - An Ardsley contractor faces up to five years in prison after admitting yesterday that he defrauded a carpenter...

Let's be heard! Hi, I’m John Musumeci and I write this blog to help keep you up-to-date and informed about the United Brotherhood Of Car...

On Friday, November 2, former NYCDCC shop steward, David Veltri, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for accepting at least $8,000 in cash ...

Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun-- Members vote in favour of breaking away from U.S.-based union -- B.C. carpenters have voted in favour of a set...

NORTH COUNTRY GAZETTE NEW YORK—A former shop steward and executive delegate of Local 157 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners...

Meet Hillary Clinton's latest backers: New York City's Carpenters union. On Thursday October 25, Michael Forde, the h...

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE The New York Times New York--September 21, 2007, Frustrated by enduring corruption, prosecutors have asked a federal...

John Edwards receives the endorsement of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in Nashua, N.H. on September 8, 2007. I...

Runnin' Scared Big-Mouth Blockhead Busted Or, How not to address your arresting officer by Tom Robbins New York-- March...