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From Lexology  The Obama-appointed NLRB has now issued its first significant batch of decisions1 serving notice, as is typical in the tra...

A contractor tells a billion-dollar industry's dirty secrets  By Tom Robbins The story of just how deeply embedded the Mafia remains i...

JOSEPH OLIVIERI the former executive director of the Association of Wall, Ceiling, and Carpentry Industries of New York and a former trust...

by mnadmin In June, upon application of Federal prosecutors, Judge Charles Haight appointed a new Review Officer to monitor the New Yor...

Former Carpenter Boss Forde leaves court after making guilty plea . Carpenters who wish to share their thoughts about the sentencing of M...

The following letter was faxed to Local 157. Reconsideration Minutes.odt - NeoOffice Writer

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Organized labor is deeply worried about what happens after Tuesday. By many measures, labor unions have been the Repu...

Gerry Crimmins, of the New York District Council of Carpenters Labor Technical College, signs a beam at Engine 38 fire house in New Orle...

Department of Justice Press Release PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JANICE K. FEDARCYK, t...

BY Brian Kates DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A Genovese soldier who ran the city's largest contractor association was found ...

On October 18th , the executive board of Local 157 voted no to a request that prior to the start of all meetings, all members receive a cop...

BY Brian Kates DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Prosecutors ended their case Tuesday in the perjury trial of the Genovese crime fa...

BY Edgar Sandoval DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Former Polish President Lech Walesa (C) attends a rally of building and ...

Local157.blogspot has obtained the following letter dated October, 5, 2010 from UBC Supervisor Frank Spencer to Local 608 Vice President Rob...

BY Brian Kates A former union boss on Wednesday fingered the once-powerful head of the city's largest contractor's association as ...

BY Brian Kates and Alison Gendar Federal Watchdog Dennis Walsh The carpenters union spent mountains of cash on lawyers, public relati...

Local 157 Leadership attending UBC Convention with Supervisors Ballantyne and Spencer At Monday night's Local 157 union meeting the e...

By Steward Ad-Hoc Committee After much deliberation and angst regarding the recent appointment of Scott Danielson to the newly created p...

Joseph (Rudy) Olivier BY Brian Kates The mob-linked head of a powerful contractors group goes on trial Tuesday in a case expected to ...