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UBC deserts organized labor!

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Articles that detail the many raiding attempts by the McCarron run United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
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1   Link   McCarron's Bio
"In 2009 McCarron was forced out of the Change to Win Coalition when McCarron attempted to raid several Change to Win affiliate Unions." This is the very last line of his Wiki page!
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2   Link   CounterPunch Newsletter
CounterPunch Article – "The Raiding Game" by David Macaray details many of the raiding tactics being used by the UBC throughout the country.
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3   Link   Building Trades Unite!

Building Trades Unite in Fight Against Carpenter Union Raiding
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4   Link   UBC on Wiki
See the section titled "Recent Developments" to learn how McCarron is dismantling labor from the inside out! 		256
5   Link   Unhappy Carpenters

United Brotherhood of Carpenters union members unhappy with UBC moves!
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6   Link   Steve Early Commentary
The Situational Ethics Of Union Raiding! 		222
7   Link   AFL-CIO Addresses Raiding
The AFL-CIO debates the issue of union raiding. 		232
8   Link   Carpenter Banners!
A misleading carpenter banner is called out!! 		454
9   Link   Shame on Who?
The Oracle fights back to the UBC "Shame on You" campaign! 		319
10   Link   IUPAT General President Speaks Out
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades General President James Williams speaks out against raiding at the AFL-CIO convention! 		202
11   Link   Sheet Metal Workers at Arrowhead Stadium
The carpenters first attempt to strong-arm the assignment away from the sheet metal workers and when this fails they attempt to raid the union! 		410
12   Link   Building Delusions
Building delusions at the carpenters! 		240
13   Link   All Over the Country!
Think the UBC scourge is local? Think again! 		374
14   Link   New Unity Partnership
Quoted from this article:
"Four of these unions are in the AFL-CIO. The fifth, the Carpenters, left the federation in 2001 due to allegations of building trades raiding and other jurisdictional issues." 		253

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WHEREAS, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters continues to pursue a "go it alone" policy and has acted in a manner inconsistent with the principles of solidarity, to the detriment of other building trades unions and the organized construction industry;

Segment from AFL-CIO Resolution 70