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On August 10, 2009 General President Douglas McCarron placed the 25,000 member, New York City District Council of Carpenters under emer...

The last two times out, Michael Forde was a lucky man . Prosecutors believe the outcome will be different this time. On August 5, the 54-ye...

By Wall Street standard’s, it was barely lunch money. Only one million bucks or so changed hands, the feds say. What did the money buy? It a...

Tired of hearing about Lies and Corruption? Then do something. In order to bring about reform in our union you need to GET MAD, ORGANIZED an...

By BRUCE GOLDING The feds are seeking to disqualify the lawyer for an allegedly mobbed-up contractors' representative accused of paying...

It has been well documented at the UBC Hearings, both Pete Thomassen (salary $268,827) and Dennis Sheil, (salary $253,500) among ...

Tired of hearing about Lies and Corruption? Then do something about it! We need to make our voices heard to avoid catastrophic consequences ...

By KENNETH HAYNES IrishCentral.Com Staff Writer An Irish contractor is due in federal court tomorrow to face corruption charges related to...

BY Brian Kates The union official put in charge of the city's troubled carpenters' union was once convicted of takin...

Michael Forde the indicted head of the carpenters union and his two union paid co-conspirators were fired from office Wednesday by Internati...

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM The United Brotherhood of Carpenters , the labor organization that represents the nation’s carpenters, placed its New...

BY Brian Kates The indicted head of the city's carpenters unions and his two top lieutenants were booted from office Wednesday and their...

By N. Clark Judd Cambridge Mews, a four-square brick apartment building just off the commercial corridor of busy Riverdale Avenue, doesn’t e...

Update1: Sources say District Council EST Michael Forde, Business Manager/Local 608 President John Greaney and Local 608 Business agent Bri...

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM The head of the union that represents carpenters in the New York City area refused to relinquish his posi...

Handcuffs for a carpenters' union chief By Tom Robbins Mike Bloomberg will never suffer one of those embarrassing political sto...

'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' On Wednesday August 5, 2009, federal authorities charged New Y...

"We have the greatest anti-corruption program there ever was.” --District Council EST Mike Forde August, 2003 "The union’s anti-co...

By Elizabeth Benjamin Delegates and Executive Committee members of the District Council of Carpenters are slated to meet Wednesday - their f...