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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! 		296
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! 		287
7   Link   AFL-CIO Addresses Raiding
The AFL-CIO debates the issue of union raiding. 		274
8   Link   Carpenter Banners!
A misleading carpenter banner is called out!! 		580
9   Link   Shame on Who?
The Oracle fights back to the UBC "Shame on You" campaign! 		364
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! 		237
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! 		503
12   Link   Building Delusions
Building delusions at the carpenters! 		272
13   Link   All Over the Country!
Think the UBC scourge is local? Think again! 		428
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." 		304

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"Because they told me I could give them my money, I could pay my per capita tax and I could come to their meetings, but I couldn't vote. I said,-...'Scuse me?"

Nelson responds to the Post Dispatch journalist Repps Hudson's question as to why the St Louis Carpenters District Council are not in the AFL-CIO. Hey Nelson, now you know how your rank-and-file carpenters feel!