THE ICE CREAM CRAPPER SHOWED UP AT THE LOCAL 30 PUGET SOUND WA UNION MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT
AT THIS MEETING HE ACCUSED THE PETER J MCQUIRE GROUP WHO STOOD UP AND OPPOSED EST EVELYN "THE PILLOW"SHAPIRO OF:
(1)RUNNING WITH ANTIFA
"McCarron literally said he heard the PJMG runs with ANTIFA in the local 30 meeting"
(2) BEING ANTI UNION
(3)SMEARING PETER J MAGUIRES NAME
I GUESS IT IS NO LONGER "DERANGED LONERS AND COMMUNISTS" THAT OPPOSE DIRTY DOUG. HE HAS NOW JUMPED ON THE ANTIFA BAND WAGON.OF COURSE IT CANNOT BE PEOPLE OPPOSE HIM BECAUSE HE IS AN ARSEHOLE AND HIS UBC AGENDA IS BS
HE BROUGHT ALONG A COUPLE OF ARMED WANNA BE THUGS TO THE MEETING WHICH RANKLED MORE THAN A FEW MEMBERS FEATHERS.NOT SURE WHY THE SURPRISE SINCE DOUG IS SUCH A WIMP. HE TRAVELS WITH OR HIRES ARMED GUARDS AND OWNED A $250,000 BULLET PROOF CAR HE BOUGHT WITH MEMBERS DUES MONEY.I WONDER IF HE MAKES THE GUARDS CALL HIM MR PRESIDENT.
IT APPEARS THEY SOMEHOW LET MEMBERS BE AWARE THEY WERE ARMED.I WONDER IF THAT THING ABOUT THE GUNS,SECURITY AND BULLET PROOF CARS COMPENSATING FOR A TINY PENIS IS TRUE.WELL MAYBE ITS JUST BECAUSE DOUG IS A CANDY ASS.
DIRTY DOUG ALSO WENT OVER A FEW POINTS AT THE MEETING WHICH GLEASON HAS SINCE POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL COUNCIL WEB SITE
UBC General President Doug McCarron attended the Local 30 monthly meeting in Seattle last night (11/8/21). The General President spent more than two hours listening to members and addressing questions related to the ongoing investigation. Among the points the General President clarified were:
- Dispensation was granted, absolving members in Western and Central Washington, who were affected by the strike, but unable to picket, of the strike assessment fee.
- There was evidence of voting fraud during the member ratification vote for Western and Central Washington Tentative Agreement (TA) 3, but it has not been determined whether TA4 or TA5 were impacted.
- A new investment advisor has been hired by the Western Washington Carpenter’s Trusts.
- Confirmation that $250 million of pension and health fund assets were lost in the Allianz hedge fund investments.
NWCU Supervisor James Gleason, and the entire NWCU team, are committed to communicating additional information regarding the investigation and the impact on members as we are able. We appreciate your ongoing patience with this matter.
LETS REVIEW
(1)"The Delegate body and E-board are disbanded while NWCU is under UBC trusteeship"
NO SHYTE DOUG ISN'T THAT YOUR MO AND UBC COMMON PRACTICE
(2)"There was evidence of voting fraud during the member ratification vote for Western and Central Washington Tentative Agreement (TA) 3"
SO YOU CAME IN AND IN THIS SHORT TIME YOU FIND ISSUE WITH TA3 BUT DID NOT GO RIGHT TO TA5 WHICH IS IN PLACE AND BINDING.ANY SUCH FRAUD OR RIGGED VOTES IS COMMON PRACTICE IN THE UBC.THE COUNCIL E-BOARD OR THE DOL COULD HAVE INVESTIGATED.WANNA BET (TA)5 STAYS
(3)
(3)- Confirmation that $250 million of pension and health fund assets were lost in the Allianz hedge fund investments.
OLD NEWS AND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.ANY OTHER UBC FUNDS LOSE WITH THE ALLIANZ DEBACLE YOU DID NOT PUT IN TRUSTEESHIP.IT WILL BE HARD TO PURSUE A CASE WHEN THE UBC ORDERS THEIR INVESTMENT MANGERS TO MAKE SUCH HIGH RISK INVESTMENTS .THE UBC CREATED THE UBC/HAMILTON LANE PARTNERSHIP JUST FOR SUCH INVESTMENTS
(4) Dispensation was granted, absolving members in Western and Central Washington, who were affected by the strike, but unable to picket, of the strike assessment fee.
NICE TRY TO MAKE YOURSELF THE HERO DOUGY.FIRST YOU ARE DECLARING YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ROB UBC MEMBERS AND FORCE THEM TO PAY THE COUNCILS EXPENSES FOR THE STRIKE??SECOND YOU KNOW YOU WERE NOT COLLECTING THAT MONEY EITHER WAY SINCE THE PNWC ABOLISHED ITS STRIKE FUND SO YOU COULD NOT ENFORCE THE SECTION.THE ONLY MEMBERS WHO WOULD HAVE PAID YOU ARE THE ONES WHO DID NOT KNOW ANY BETTER
AND NOW THE SCARY PART
(5) "A new investment advisor has been hired by the Western Washington Carpenter’s Trusts".
ON WHOSE AUTHORITY?? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DICTATE TO THE FUNDS. THAT IS BY LAW THE RIGHT OF THE FUND TRUSTEES .REMEMBER WHAT THE COURTS TOLD YOUR NASTY ASS WHEN YOU DEMANDED TO SEAT AND REMOVE FUND TRUSTEES AT YOUR DISCRETION.FUCHS V ALLEN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT NEW YOUK . WHICH ONE OF YOUR CRONIES DID YOU PUT ON THIS FUND RAT BOY
SO PLEASE DOUGY .TELL US AGAIN WHY YOU PUT THE COUNCIL IN TRUSTEESHIP??
Seattle-area carpenters union under trusteeship amid investigation into mismanagement, ‘voter fraud’
Just a few weeks after a strike and contentious contract vote, the Northwest Carpenters Union has been placed into a trusteeship by its international union and three top officials have resigned.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America says it has found “evidence of voting fraud” during a recent union contract vote and is investigating other alleged misconduct.
“There is a UBC team on the ground in the Kent office conducting a thorough investigation into voter fraud, pension and welfare investment improprieties, and other areas of mismanagement,” wrote James Gleason, the new supervisor of the local union, in a statement to members on Nov. 3.
UBC General President Doug McCarron addressed Seattle-area union members at a meeting Tuesday evening.
The news of the trusteeship over recent weeks has come as a “gut punch,” said Lee Carter, a carpenter and rank-and-file member of the bargaining team during recent negotiations.
“I’m embarrassed, disappointed. I can’t believe this would actually happen,” Carter said.
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, also called the Northwest Carpenters Union, represents about 28,000 workers across Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming and Alaska.
The union’s Western Washington members voted in September to reject the fourth tentative contract deal reached between their union and their employers and to authorize a strike. The strike began Sept. 16 and lasted nearly three weeks.
The strike was contentious, with some union members alleging union leadership was too cozy with the contractors who employ the carpenters. The effects of the strike were muted because the vast majority of the union’s members worked at job sites where the union and employers had signed no-strike agreements.
After several roaming protests and wildcat strikes not sanctioned by union leadership, union leaders temporarily paused picketing. Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant publicly backed carpenters who were agitating against union leadership and criticized the no-strike agreements.
On Oct. 5, the union announced it had reached a new tentative deal and carpenters went back to work. That deal passed with a 54% to 46% vote on Oct. 11, according to the union. The final deal included a $2.26 wage increase each year and modest improvements to parking benefits. In total, the offer included $10.02 in pay and benefit increases over three years.
The details and extent of the alleged voting problems are not yet clear.
According to the UBC, “there was evidence of voting fraud” during the vote on the third tentative agreement this summer, “but it has not been determined whether” the fourth and fifth deals were affected.
Also concerning to some union members is the alleged “pension and welfare investment improprieties,” though details remain scarce.
Members learned early this year that their pension plans had faced losses because of investments by Allianz, a German firm now facing an array of lawsuits over billions of dollars in investment losses early in the pandemic. Unions across the country have sued.
The Carpenters Trusts of Western Washington told members the loss had “not jeopardized the long-term health of the plans.” According to the UBC, $250 million in “pension and health fund assets” were lost.
The lack of detailed information has confused and frustrated some union members.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty about what’s going to happen next,” said Art Esparza, a union member who led a group opposing recent contract deals.
“I don’t think anybody knows who to trust anymore,” Esparza said.
Esparza said he’s skeptical of international union leadership, too. “I want to see that the investigation itself is run with integrity and public accountability,” he said.
It’s unclear what exactly led up to the trusteeship. On Oct. 25, the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters executive committee passed a resolution granting the international union trusteeship over the local union.
“We need an independent investigation into the election vote rigging that Regional Council staff uncovered and into other matters the UBC determines necessary. And, we need the UBC to take corrective actions to fix the problems found,” the resolution said.
The resolution was signed by 19 members of the local council’s executive committee saying they “welcome and consent to the UBC Trusteeship.”
However, that same week, three union leaders resigned their leadership posts and their membership in the union: Executive Secretary-Treasurer Evelyn Shapiro, Director of Organizing Juan Sanchez and Director of Contract Administration Dan Hutchins.
The executive board has been disbanded and “new elections will be held once the trusteeship is complete,” according to the UBC.
Local and national union representatives have not responded to requests for comment. A Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters spokesperson declined to comment beyond the statements posted online.
Carter said he welcomed an investigation. “The international coming in and trying to take the reins is the start of mending that trust,” he said.
In a trusteeship, a national or international union essentially temporarily takes over control of a local union.
Federal law allows trusteeships to correct mismanagement or financial malpractice at local unions, or in situations when a union fails to administer its contract agreements, can’t maintain orderly meetings or after certain wildcat strikes.
The international union has a month to file a report to the U.S. Department of Labor stating the reasons for the trusteeship and financial condition of the union local.
Trusteeships are “fairly rare” and their outcomes can vary, said Aaron Streepy, a Washington attorney who has represented labor unions but did not speak specifically about the carpenters union.
A national union may place a small union local with little remaining membership or activity under trusteeship, then merge that local with another. But larger financially stable union locals are less likely to be merged with others, Streepy said.
“Usually they will find whatever the issue is, fix that and then begin some process to transfer authority and power back to the local level,” Streepy said.
This is not the first time the UBC has placed a local carpenters union in a trusteeship.
In 2013, the UBC imposed a trusteeship on the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, which represents carpenters in California, Nevada and several other states, to correct alleged financial malpractice. About three years later, the regional council conducted a new officer election and the UBC lifted the trusteeship.
In 2019, the UBC placed a New York local in a trusteeship, which the UBC lifted early this year after new elections of union officers.
Other large unions have imposed trusteeships, too. In 2009, the Service Employees International Union placed a California local into trusteeship after disputes over union funds and the proposed transfer of thousands of members to a different local. That same year, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees imposed a trusteeship over a New York City local amid allegations that union leadership misspent member dues.
