THE UBC INTERNATIONAL RATS FILE THE LM15 AND CONTINUE THE ILLEGAL TRUSTEESSHIP OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COUNCIL.THE UBC RATS LIE TO THE DOL

 ANTHONY "I SUCKED CAPELLIS ASS" PENA AND THE INTERNATIONAL RATS FILED THE LM15 YESTERDAY MAY 17,2023 INFORMING THE DOL THEY ARE KEEPING THE PACIFIC COUNCIL IN THE ILLEGAL AND FRAUDULENT TRUSTEESHIP. THEY FLAT OUT LIED TO THE OLMS REGARDING THE JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUING THE FRAUDULENT TRUSTEESHIP

 " INVALID AFTER 18 MONTHS, UNLESS THE PARENT UNION SHOWS BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING PROOF THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THE TRUSTEESHIP IS NECESSARY FOR A PURPOSE ALLOWABLE UNDER THE LMRDA"

 

 

LET'S LOOK AT THE LIES FILED WITH THE DOL

 

(1)CBA VOTE FRAUD

THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON A CBA AND THE RIGHT TO LEGIT CBA VOTES ARE NOT A PROTECTED RIGHT UNDER THE LMRDA OR ANY OTHER LAW. IF IT WAS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MEMBERS WOULD NOT BE THE ONLY UBC MEMBERS IN THE ENTIRE LAND OF UBC OZ ALLOWED TO VOTE ON CBAS. NOT A VALID REASON FOR A TRUSTEESHIP UNDER THE LMRDA

 SOCK PUPPET JIM GLEASON HAS STATED THERE WAS NO FRAUD ON THE FINAL CBA VOTE SO IT STANDS.NOW THEY ARE SAYING IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS FRAUD ON THE FINAL CBA VOTE. YET THEY CONDUCTED NO INVESTIGATION INTO THE FINAL CBA VOTE. 

THEY HAVE DECLARED “FORENSIC INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING” THAT IS A LIE. FURTHER THE COURT DOCUMENTS HAVE PROVEN THE FIRST ALLEGED FORENSIC INVESTIGATION BY LYNX WAS COMPLETE BS.

 

(2)FINANCIAL MALPRACTICE INVOLVING THE ALLIANZ LOSS

 MORE LIES AND BS. THE COURT CASE FILED BY MEMBERS AGAINST THE TRUSTEES ALLEGING FIDUCIARY BREACH(WRONGDOING) FOR THE ALLIANZ LOSS WAS JUST DISMISSED ON MAY 10,2023. 

 

THE JUDGE RULED THE TRUSTEES WERE NOT TO BLAME AND BLAMED THE $250 MILLION LOSS ON THE FACT THAT ALLIANZ COMMITTED FRAUD AND THE DOWNTURN IN THE MARKETS DUE TO COVID. ASK YOURSELF HOW THEY ARE BLAMING THE TRUSTEES HERE AND USING IT AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CONTINUED TRUSTEESHIP WHEN IN COURT THE LAWYERS ARGUED THE TRUSTEES WERE INNOCENT. 

PENA IS NOW REPEATING WHAT THE LAWYERS DECLARED IN COURT. THAT THE TRUSTEES SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN TRUSTEES. THE COURT FILINGS SHOW THE TRUSTEES AND BOARD LACKED THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE TO MAKE INVESTMENT DECISIONS AND DID NOT HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE ALLIANZ INVESTMENTS. “THE BOARD DEPENDED ON CALLAHAN TO MONITOR THE INVESTMENTS BECAUSE THEY LACKED THE  NECESSARY SOPHISTICATION TO DO SO ITSELF” 

NOW YOU HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL RATS DECLARING "THE TRUSTEES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED"

REPLACED BY WHO??

 THE NEW UNION SIDE TRUSTEES ARE JAMES GLEASON, ANTHONY PENA, FRANK SPENCER, PEDRO ESPINOZA, JESSE KENDAL SCOTT AND OTHERS. 

SO THEY WERE REPLACED  WITH COMPLETE MORONS WHO ALSO LACK THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE TO MAKE INVESTMENT DECISIONS OR TO BE TRUSTEES. 

   

I AM THE NEW UBC APPOINTED TRUSTEE.IT GONNA BE ALL BETTER NOW

 PRICELESS!!!!

AND FOR THE RECORD. THE TRUSTEES HAD NO LEGAL OBLIGATION OR LEGAL RIGHT TO INFORM MEMBERS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE FUND, FUND LOSSES OR GAINS.

 

    (3) REPRESENTATIVES DOUBLE DIPPING

 

THE CASES AGAINST JEFF HARMS AND KRISTINE COLE WERE SETTLED WITH NO DETERMINATION OF GUILT BY THE COURT. THEY WERE BS TO START WITH. NOBODY INCLUDING SHAPIRO RESIGNED. THEY WERE FORCED OUT.

 

(4) “INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING WITH MORE TERMINATIONS, INTERNAL UNION CHARGES AND /OR LITIGATION LIKELY”

MORE LIES AND BS. IF THEY HAD ANYTHING ELSE THEY WOULD HAVE FILED IT AND THE CASES AGAINST SHAPIRO ,SANCHEZ AND THE OTHERS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH BS AND WEAK TO START WITH. THE ONLY ONGOING LITIGATION IS SHANLEY APPEALING THE SHAPIRO AND SANCHEZ DISMISSALS IN THE 9^TH CIRCUIT .THEY ARE USING EMEBERS DUES MONEY TO FILE A HAIL MARY IN THE HOPES THE 9^TH CIRCUIT WILL GIVE THEM A FAVORABLE DECISION ON A UNIONS RIGHT TO FILE AN LMRDA  SECTION 501 CASE IN FEDERAL COURT OR IF THEY ARE RESTRICTED TO STATE COURT. THE PENCIL NECK SHYTE SHANLEY USES THESE CASES TO PERSECUTE AND TRY TO BREAK UBC OFFICERS WHO TELL HIM OR DOUGY TO KISS THEIR ASS AND WILL NOT OR CANNOT DO AS THEY ARE COMMANDED TO DO BY THE INTERNATIONAL

 

THE UBC CRIMINAL SYNDICATE HAS SEIZED THIS COUNCIL IN A PHONY AND ILLEGAL TRUSTEESHIP. JUST AS THEY DID WITH THE SOUTHWEST COUNCIL. THEY PLAN TO KEEP CONTROL FOR 3 YEARS JUST AS THEY DID WITH THE SOUTHWEST COUNCIL 

THE REAL REASONS THEY EXTENDING THE TRUSTEESHIP ARE:

 

(1)THESE INTERNATIONAL RATS ARE BREAKING UP THE PACIFIC COUNCIL.THEY HAVE MOVED THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCILS JURISDICTION TO THE RAT PETE RODRIQUEZ AT THE SOUTHWEST COUNCIL

(2) THESE INTERNATIONAL RATS ARE BY FORCE DISSOLVING LOCALS,REMOVING OFFICERS AND DELEGATES AND APPOINTING HAND PICKED BACK STABBING SUCK ASS WHO WILL DO AS THEY TELL THEM

(3) THESE INTERNATIONAL RATS ARE LOOTING BANK ACCOUNTS

(4) THESE INTERNATIONAL RATS ARE SEIZING CONTROL OF PENSIONS FUNDS

(5)THESE INTERNATIONAL RATS ARE FORCING THE COUNCIL FUNDS INTO THE LEVEL CARE SCAM

(6)THESE INTERNATIONAL RATS ARE WAGING PERSECUTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST MEMBERS

(7) THESE INTERNATIONAL RATS ARE REWARDING THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CAMPAIGN TO TAKE OUT EST SHAPIRO AND THE OTHER DULY ELECTED OFFICERS AND DELEGATES.THEY HAVE APPOINTED THEM TO COUNCIL REP POSITIONS,COUNCIL JOBS AND LOCAL OFFICER  POSITIONS

  

YET THE AGENCIES IN PLACE TO STOP THIS CORRUPTION REFUSE TO ACT

 

 

 

 

WHAT!!!IS IT TRUE??MIKEY CHEAP SUITS CAPELLI SELLS HIS HOUSE AND VINEYARD. ASKING PRICE WAS $1.8 MILLION!!!

 RUMOR HAS IT HE SOLD IT LOCK AND STOCK AND BARREL

THIS NOTICE IS FROM HIS WIFE JOANN'S  REAL ESTATE COMPANY ERA YOUNG.SHE WAS LISTED AS THE CO AGENT FOR THE SALE

 

 

721 CLEMS RUN

ACCORDING TO THE GLOCHESTER NJ COUNTY CLERK THE FILE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED YET AND ONLY DECLARES "A SETTLEMENT HAS BEN REACHED"

HEY MIKEY CAPELLI.WHO IS DANIEL??

 

 

 

NOW TO REFRESH MIKEY CHEAP SUITS CAPELLI WAS THE EASTERN DISTRICT VP WHO HAD HALF THE FAMILY ON THE UNIONS PAYROLL. 

CAPELLLI WAS NAMED IN THE JOHN BALLANTYNE LAWSUIT WHERE HE AND FRANKY THE CHIMP SPENCER WERE EXPOSED FOR TAKING CONSULTING FEES FROM THE NORTHEAST COUNCIL AND TRYING TO HIDE THEM IN AN ANNUITY TO AVOID TAXES

  BOTH SPENCER AND CAPPELI WERE ALSO ACCUSED OF PROTECTING THEIR PAL GEORGE LAUFENBERG WHO HAS WAS CHARGED BY THE US ATTORNEY AND SINCE BEEN CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLEMENT

MIKEY CHEAP SUITS  CONSPIRED WITH SPENCER AND MCCARRON TO SEIZE THE NORTHEAST COUNCIL,DISSOLVE IT AND FIRE BALLANTYNE AS WELL AS OTHERS IN RETALIATION

AS A REWARD FOR THEIR CROOKED BEHAVIOR BOTH SPENCER AND CAPPELLI WERE MOVED UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL AND PUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD

DESPITE MEMBERS REQUESTING THE PROOF AND DETAILS OF MCCARRONS INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGATIONS LISTED IN THE BALLANTYNE LAWSUIT  AGAINST SPENCER AND CAPELLI TO THIS DAY MCCARRON AND THE UBC CRIMINAL SYNDICATE HAVE REUSED TO COMPLY

May 3, 2019

 Douglas J McCarron

General President

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners

101 Constitution Ave., NW

Washington DC 2001

 

President McCarron,

We, the undersigned members in good standing of the UBC, demand you and the UBC International conduct an internal investigation into the allegations of corruption; self-dealing; violations under the UBC Constitution; violations under the LMRDA and violations under ERISA, listed in the Ballantyne lawsuit, Superior Court of New Jersey Essex County, Docket #L-007232-18. In particular, but not limited to, the allegations against Frank Spencer and Michael Capelli, who you recently promoted. Regardless, of any “deal” the UBC made with John Ballantyne, the allegations of corruption against Spencer and Capelli did not go away. Some of the allegations made by Ballantyne have already been proven with a simple review of UBC financial documents. Therefore, we as members of the UBC also question your choice of promoting Spencer and Capelli.

 

We demand confirmation or denial, with documented PROOF, of the allegations against both Capelli and Spencer. If any of these allegations of corruption; self-dealing; violations under the UBC Constitution; LMRDA violations, and ERISA violations are found to have merit we demand their immediate and permanent removal from any and all offices they hold within the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. We demand if any of these allegations of corruption; self-dealing; violations under the UBC Constitution; LMRDA violations; and ERISA violations are found to have merit, the UBC seek full financial restitution from Capelli and Spencer, as well as others that may have conspired with them, as allowed under the law.

 

 

 

AND THEN ONE DAY.. POOF...MIKEY CAPELLI SUDDENLY RETIRES

NO FANFARE.NO BIG RETIREMENT PARTY ON THE MEMBERS DIME .NO PAT ON THE ASS FROM DIRTY DOUG TO SEND HIM ON HIS WAY INTO RETIREMENT

 

 

WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO SELLING 721 CLEMS RUN.AFTER HIS SUDDEN EXODUS FROM THE UBC AS REPORTED CAPELLI JUMPED  INTO THE VINEYARD BUSINESS

 

THE CAPELLIS WERE ON THEIR WAY AND LISTED AS MEMBERS OF OUTER COASTAL PALIN VINEYARD ASSOCIATION

THEY EVEN GOT MENTIONED BY THE NEW JERSEY HORSE,HOUNDS AND WINE GROUP 

 

 

AND HERE WE ARE A SHORT 3 YEARS LATER....

 

SOLD

 

HMM..MORE TO COME

 

 

MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A UBC RAT..UBC MEMBERS VOTE TO DECERTIFY AND REMOVE THE UBC INTERNATINAL CRIMINAL SYNDICATE FROM THEIR WORKPLACE

 WORKERS AT TWO SPENARD BUILDING SUPPLY SITES VOTE TO BOOT UNION

BYE BYE UBC CROOKS

 

Workers at two Spenard Building Supply manufacturing sites voted to remove the Pacific Northwest Regional Counsel of Carpenters union by an overwhelming majority of 17-6. The vote affects about two dozen workers at the Birchwood and Eklutna plants.

A petition filed by Scot Breuer with the National Labor Relations Board Region 19 led to this successful vote. 

 

Breuer, with assistance from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, filed the petition with the NLRB on March 31, supported by many of his coworkers. Under federal labor law, workers can trigger a decertification vote with the support of 30% or more of workers in a unionized workplace.

On April 12, the NLRB issued an election notice to all parties involved that stipulated an election date for ended May 2, votes counted

Spenard Building Supply employees made their position on the union clear when over two-thirds of the workers voted to remove the union from their workplace. Barring objections by union officials seeking to overturn the vote, the workers will be officially free of the union in one week.

NLRB data shows a unionized private sector worker is far more likely to be involved in a decertification effort as their nonunion counterpart is to be involved in a unionization campaign. The Spenard Building Supply election is one such example of workers leaving union control.

NLRB data show a 20% increase in decertification petitions in 2022 over the previous year.

The NLRB’s union decertification process is historically prone to union-created roadblocks. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-backed NLRB reforms from 2020 made it somewhat easier for workers to remove unwanted unions, such as the “Election Protection Rule” that prevents union bosses from filing “blocking charges” meant to delay or stop decertification elections entirely.

Prior to these reforms, workers often had their decertification votes delayed by unproven union blocking charges, giving union bosses the power to trap workers in union ranks they oppose nearly indefinitely.  Under the reforms most votes take place promptly, with union blocking claims adjudicated later, after the votes have been counted.

However, the Biden Administration is trying to roll back these protections and make it harder for workers to decertify a union.

“We are extremely pleased to help these Alaskan workers exercise their right to remove a union they want nothing to do with. With over two-thirds of the votes being cast in favor of removing the union, this case is a clear example as to workers’ growing dissatisfaction with compulsory unionism,” said Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. 

 

 READ IT HERE

 

 

Alaskan Factory Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Remove Unwanted Union Monopoly ‘Representation’

Spenard Building Supply employees vote 17-6 to oust Pacific Northwest Regional Counsel of Carpenters union officials

Chugiak, AK (May 4, 2023) – Workers at the Spenard Building Supply factory recently voted to remove the Pacific Northwest Regional Counsel of Carpenters union by an overwhelming majority. A petition filed by Scot Breuer with the National Labor Relations Board Region 19 (NLRB) led to this successful vote. Breuer received free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

Scot Breuer filed a decertification petition with the NLRB on March 31, 2023, which was supported by a significant number of his coworkers. Under federal labor law, workers can trigger a decertification vote with the support of 30% or more of workers in a unionized workplace. The NLRB should then promptly schedule a secret ballot election to determine whether a majority of workers want to end union officials’ power to impose a contract, including forced dues, on workers. On April 12, 2023, the NLRB issued an election notice to all parties involved that stipulated an election date for May

During the election on May 2, Spenard Building Supply employees made their position on the union clear when over two-thirds of the workers voted to remove the union from their workplace, with the official tally of 17-6. Barring any objections by union officials that seek to overturn the vote, the workers will be officially free of the union in one week.

The Spenard Building Supply election is just one example of workers looking to leave union control. Currently, the NLRB’s own data shows a unionized private sector worker is far more likely to be involved in a decertification effort as their nonunion counterpart is to be involved in a unionization campaign. NLRB statistics also show a 20% increase in decertification petitions last year versus 2021.

Unfortunately, the NLRB’s union decertification process is prone to union boss-created roadblocks. Foundation-backed NLRB reforms from 2020 have made it somewhat easier for workers to remove unwanted union officials, such as the “Election Protection Rule” that prevents union bosses from filing trumped-up “blocking charges” meant to delay or stop decertification elections entirely.

Prior to these Foundation-backed reforms, workers often had their decertification votes delayed by unproven union blocking charges, giving union bosses the power to trap workers in union ranks they oppose nearly indefinitely. Under the Foundation-backed reforms most votes take place promptly, with union blocking claims adjudicated later, after the votes have been counted. However, the Biden-appointed NLRB is currently engaging in rulemaking to roll back these protections and make it much harder for workers to decertify a union.

“We are extremely pleased to help these Alaskan workers exercise their right to remove a union they want nothing to do with. With over two-thirds of the votes being cast in favor of removing the union, this case is a clear example as to workers’ growing dissatisfaction with compulsory unionism,” stated Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. “Unfortunately, as the NLRB moves to roll back reforms that gave workers at Spenard a speedy victory, workers will again find it increasingly difficult to exercise their rights and decertify unwanted unions even when opposition to the union’s so-called ‘representation’ is overwhelming.”

 

READ IT HERE 

 

 

LET'S HOPE THIS IS JUST A START AND IT OPENS THE FLOOD GATES

 

HEY DOUGY.HOW MANY ATRICLES DETAILING THE UBC CRIMINAL SYNDICATES CORRUPTION DOES THIS MAKE NOW??

THE UNION HAS GARNERED NEGATIVE PRESS AND SCRUTINY FROM FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS IN RECENT YEARS

 

 

ASSEMBLY MEMBER WHO ALLEGED CARPENTERS RETALIATED,PLACED TRACKING DEVICES ON HIS CAR SETTLES LAWSUIT

Assembly member Anthony Verrelli and four other former carpenters union employees have settled a years long lawsuit that alleged they were punished, surveilled and ultimately fired for supporting efforts to combat corruption and discrimination in the union.

The terms of the lawsuit’s settlement were not disclosed in the April 18 letter from Seth Ptasiewicz, a lawyer for the union, to state Superior Court Judge Cynthia Santomauro.

On behalf of the parties, I am pleased to advise the Court that on this date, the parties have reached an amicable resolution in this matter,” Ptasiewicz wrote.

The three-count lawsuit was filed in December 2020 against the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, its subsidiary the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters and its leader, William Sproule. The suit alleged violation of the state’s whistleblower law and retaliation in violation of the Law Against Discrimination.

The union, a major player in New Jersey politics that has donated millions to aid Democratic campaigns, has garnered negative press attention and scrutiny from federal investigators in recent years.

 

 READ IT HERE AT POLITICO

 

CASE OVER .THE UBC SETTTLES WITH JUSTIN BALLANTYNE AND ANTHONY VERRELLI

 AFTER THEIR PLOY FAILS AND THE FEDERAL COURT KICKS THE CASE BACK TO NJ STATE COURT

THE CARPENTERS CRIMINAL SYNDICATE SETTLE WITH JUSTIN BALLANTYNE ANTHONY VERRELLI,et al

 

NO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DETAILS YET BUT  

IS THIS ANOTHER BLOW TO LEGAL BEAGLES DAN SHANLEY AND CHARLES  DAVANT WHO ARE CLEARLY TWO OF THE GREATEST LEGAL MINDS OF THE 3RD CENTURY

BC!!! 

 

SHAPRIO AND SAHCHEZ DISMISSALS(3)

BOND DISMISSAL (1)

 AND NOW A BALLANTYNE SETTLEMENT

THIS CASE IS ANOTHER SAD CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF CORRUPTION AND PERSECUTION CAMPAIGNS THAT HAS PLAGUED THE UBC INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL SYNDICATE

  

RETALIATION

WRONGFUL TERMINATION 

SECRET TRACKING DEVICES ON PEOPLES VEHICLES

  HEY RAY HEINYMAN. WE DID NOT FORGET YOU BUT YOUR LIFE IS SAD ENOUGH AS IT IS

 

MORAL OF THE STORY

 HAVE THE GUTS TO STAND UP 

 

ONE HAS TO WONDER HOW MUCH MORE OF MEMBERS DUES MONEY WAS SPENT IN LEGAL FEES TO ONCE AGAIN FIGHT AGAINST UBC MEMBERS  WHO SEEK JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

HEY SHANLEY.WHAT DO THEY MEAN??NO APPEAL??

BILLBOARD COMPANIES SUE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS  AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE IN ST LOUIS DISMISSES UNION'S COMPLAINT

Jacob Barker

ST. LOUIS — Two billboard companies at the center of a dispute between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and the former Carpenters union chief in St. Louis have filed a lawsuit against the union, alleging it improperly terminated a contract they had with the now-dissolved St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council.

The lawsuit, filed last week, comes after a federal judge on March 31 threw out the union's lawsuit against Al Bond, the former head of the regional council, and the companies — Foxpoint Interactive and Interrail Outdoor — over a $4 million advertising contract the union claimed Bond illegally inked with the companies. 

The maneuver is the latest litigation amid the fallout from the sudden dissolution of the regional council in September 2021. Officials at the United Brotherhood of Carpenters have said little about General President Douglas McCarron's decision to dissolve the regional council, but legal filings have indicated the national union was investigating “financial malfeasance” in St. Louis. Bond led the regional council from 2015 until his 2021 ouster.

 A lawyer for the union said Tuesday it plans to counter sue the billboard company and pursue its claims against Bond in state court. 

Litigation between the national union and Bond has provided some of the only explanations for the sudden termination of one of the region's most powerful labor organizations, whose 22,000 members across Missouri and southern Illinois made it a major player in both construction and local politics. After dissolving the regional council and firing Bond, the national union put area union carpenters under the Chicago district council, which was renamed the Mid-America Carpenters Regional council.

 A Post-Dispatch review of union financial records found the union was paying some employees from its benefit funds as well as union funds, a practice that could run afoul of federal labor law. And the local union had a large loan balance with area developers, making it an outlier among similar regional carpenter union offices. And last year, Bond's lawyer indicated in court filings the formerly powerful local union chief faced investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, though no charges have been filed.

In their federal lawsuit, filed last year, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and the Mid-America Council zeroed in on a $4 million billboard advertising deal Bond inked with Interrail and Foxpoint, two companies owned by James Neumann. They accuse Bond of inking the contract to build three billboards and paying a Neumann company $3 million before seeking board authorization for the project nearly a year later. The union said that despite $4 million paid to Neumann companies, only one of the three billboards, in Wichita, Kan., has been built.

But U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk on March 31 dismissed the union's lawsuits against Bond, saying the 1959 Labor Management Relations Disclosure Act they cite only allows union members — not unions themselves — to sue former union officers. She noted that the issue has divided the federal courts but opted for a plain reading of the law's text. 

Pitlyk's ruling came just weeks after a judge in Seattle made a similar ruling in a separate case the United Brotherhood of Carpenters brought against Evelyn Shapiro, another top official it recently ousted as head of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters. Bond lawyer John Goffstein cited that case in arguing the union couldn't go after Bond using the LMRDA. 

“The court correctly found that it did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter or the person that was sued under the prevailing law of the United States,” Goffstein told the newspaper. “That’s the bottom line.”

A lawyer for the union, Terrance McGann of Chicago, called the decision “inconsistent with the surrounding appellate circuits,” but said the union wouldn't appeal. 

“Instead, in our continuing effort to represent the members of the former St. Louis Kansas City Regional Council of Carpenters and their families, the Union will respond to Interrail and Foxpoint’s petition with a counterclaim and additional claims against Albert Bond and James Neumann in state court,” McGann wrote in an email.

The lawsuit from Neumann's companies says the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and the Mid-America Council have kept it from completing construction on new billboards in St. Louis and Kansas City and hurt its business relationships with advertising agencies it was working with to sell space on the billboards. It seeks more than $125,000 in damages from the union.

 

In addition to the $4 million the union says Bond already approved for Neumann's companies, the deals included advertising revenue-sharing agreements stretching more than 30 years that the lawsuit says were projected to net the union $20 million. Those revenue-sharing deals allocated 60-70% of advertising revenue to the union after deducting brokerage fees and costs for ad design or production, installation and taxes.

Bond's lawyer has argued in court filings he had the authority to enter the billboard contracts and the advertising was needed to attract new members.

A lawyer for Neumann's companies, Laura Bentele of Armstrong Teasdale, declined to comment.

 READ IT HERE

"But U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk on March 31 dismissed the union's lawsuits against Bond, saying the 1959 Labor Management Relations Disclosure Act they cite only allows union members — not unions themselves — to sue former union officers. She noted that the issue has divided the federal courts but opted for a plain reading of the law's text. 

Pitlyk's ruling came just weeks after a judge in Seattle made a similar ruling in a separate case the United Brotherhood of Carpenters brought against Evelyn Shapiro, another top official it recently ousted as head of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters. Bond lawyer John Goffstein cited that case in arguing the union couldn't go after Bond using the LMRDA."

HEY DANNY BOY SHANLEY.SEE YOU IN THE 9TH CIRCUIT.