N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters

N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters
NYC District Council of Carpenters and Joiners of America
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Full name Carpenters District Council of New York City and Vicinity
Founded 1900
Members 23,000
Country United States
Affiliation United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Key people Frank Spencer, Trusteeship Supervisor
Website www.nycdistrictcouncil.com

The N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters maintains jurisdiction over all carpentry work and exhibition work in the New York City area. The council is under UBC Trusteeship, after the firing of the current Executive Secretary-Treasurer, which is the highest position in the union, Michael J Forde. The District Council, based at 395 Hudson Street in downtown Manhattan, is made up of union locals.

Contents

Locals

Member locals include:

  • Local 20 (Staten Island)- Capenters
  • Local 45 (Queens) - Carpenters
  • Local 157 (Downtown and East Side of Manhattan) - Carpenters
  • Local 608 (has been desolved and all of its members are now transferred to Local 157)
  • Local 740 (Greater NY Millwright and Machinery Erectors)
  • Local 926 (Brooklyn) - Carpenters
  • Local 1456 (Greater NY & NJ - Dockbuilders)
  • Local 1536 (Greater NY - Timbermen)
  • Local 2287 (New York City - Resilient Floor Covers)
  • Local 2790 (New York City & Vicinity - Shop & Industrial)

Leadership

The most senior position since 2000 has been the Office of the Executive Secretary Treasurer, previous to that, it was the Office of President.

  • 8/10/2009–Present - Under trusteeship [1]
  • 2000 - 8/10/2009 (fired) [2]
  • Mike Forde - Plead guilty for Racketeering and Bribery, July 28, 2010 [3]
  • 1997 - 2000
  • Under UBC International trusteeship
  • 1991-1996
  • Frederick Devine - Removed from office and later charged and convicted of embezzling union funds [4]
  • 1986-1991
  • Paschal McGuinness - Banned from holding office in NYC due to RICO Consent Decree
  • 1982-1986
  • Under UBC International trusteeship
  • 1978-1982
  • Teddy Maritas - Disappeared from the Throgs Neck Bridge, and never found, while on trial [5]

RICO Case and Dispostition

In September 1990, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a RICO law suit against the District Council under the leadership of Paschal McGuinness.[6] To settle the charges, the District Council eventually agreed to a Consent Decree in 1993. The Consent Decree installed oversight over the District Council operations via Judge Haight, and also brought in the office of the Investigations and Review Officer, now called the Independent Investigator. The period of time when Walter Mack was the II, there was a good effort made to remove corruption from the District Council operations. Walter Mack was able to conduct several investigations which lead to indictments, convictions, and procedural changes. Walter Mack was forced to give up the position of II after several objections from the District Council [7] - and being accused of being "too thorough" in his investigations. Some of his work is still being used to fight the corruption in the NYC Carpenters Union. Even though there is large oversight of the operations, corruption still exists [8][9] and the leadership has again been under Federal Indictment.[10] On June 3, 2010, Judge Haight appointed Dennis Walsh [11] as the Review Officer, with increased powers and authority then previous investigators had. Judge Haight also removed himself from the case, as he had been moved out of the Southern District of New York court (Brooklyn) to Connecticut, and felt that the case will need a local judge.

Independent Investigator

The title of IRO or II has been held by the following individuals:

  • 1990 - 1994 Michael Armstrong
  • 1994 - 2003 Judge Kenneth Conboy
  • 2003 - 2006 Walter Mack
  • 2006 - 2010 William Callahan
  • 2010 - Dennis Walsh (Review Officer) [12]

References

  1. ^ http://www.nycdistrictcouncil.com/pdf/Newkirk%20n.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.nycdistrictcouncil.com/pdf/peter.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/July10/fordemichaelpleapr.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1999/12/06/1999-12-06_embezzle-case_ex-union_chief.html
  5. ^ http://labor-unions.org/lexisnexis/articles/ten_years_of_court-supervised_reform.htm
  6. ^ http://www.thelaborers.net/carpenters/docket.htm
  7. ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-10-24/news/the-man-who-wanted-to-know-too-much/
  8. ^ http://www.thelaborers.net/carpenters/brf_mack-2005-02-24_corrected-final.htm
  9. ^ http://labor-unions.org/lexisnexis/articles/ten_years_of_court-supervised_reform.htm
  10. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/08/12/2009-08-12_indicted_head_of_carpenters_union_head_michael_forde_replaced_by_national_labor_.html
  11. ^ http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/June10/carpentersunionreviewofficerpr.pdf
  12. ^ http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/June10/carpentersunionreviewofficerpr.pdf

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