Local 157 blogspot

by Tedd J. Kochman Among the more significant initiatives that NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has pressed for is the implementat...

From NYCDC This notice is to inform you that the District Council and Contractors Associations have agreed to extend the current terms and...

Gary LaBarbera By MARK TOOR Are you a big city looking for big money to invest in your infrastructure? Union pension funds could be you...

ScienceDaily — While more Americans are working past age 65 by choice, a growing segment of the population must continue to work well into ...

Originally posted 06.07.11: (updated with Greaney sentenced to a year and a day imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, and 3 years supervised release...

By William P. Hite While reliable studies of craft labor productivity in the U.S. are in short supply, a few recent reports that specifica...

Workers demonstrate in front of the Park Hyatt Hotel CHICAGO ( CBS ) — Union workers say someone turned on the heat lamps in blazing hot...

By LAURA ITALIANO One of the biggest area scaffolding companies, Regional Scaffolding, must submit to a court-approved financial monitor a...

Local Union 1456 and 1536 have been dissolved and the membership and jurisdictions have been merged into the newly chartered Lo...

All members of local unions affiliated with the District Council, as well as employees of the District Council, Benefit Funds and local unio...

William Rapetti ,  Crane rigger. By Associated Press NEW YORK — A rigger who worked on a massive construction crane that collapsed and ...

By Larry Cary, Esq. Larry Cary Esq., Cary Kane LLP The NLRB Says Watch-Out When Merging Shops with Both Union and Non-Union Workers A...

by Brooklyn Eagle Protesters from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America blew whistles and chanted, “Who’s the rat? C...

The District Council has hired three new representatives. The new District Representatives are Frank Ippoliti, John Montgomery and Tom Russ...

From NYCDC NYC District Council of Carpenters 2011 Contract Update **As reported at the July 13, 2011 District Council Delegate Meeting*...

THE COURT: Nice to see you all. Please be seated. So just a couple of preliminary remarks and then we'll get started.We have a pretty am...

Members of local that was dissolved say they will now form own group By ERIC ANDERSON ALBANY -- Several dozen carpenters are forming the...

A Wednesday walkout by concrete workers was pushed back at least a week as contractors and union officials agreed to keep negotiating. Big p...

Activity in first half of year soars 40% over 2010 level and in May and June sets a new record; in good news for tenants, rent increases are...

Just received a postcard advising that the next two scheduled Local 157 meeting will be held on Monday July 25, and August 15.