Northern California District Council of Laborers

Northern California
District Council of Laborers

Full name	Laborers' International Union of North America
Founded	April 13, 1903
Members	30,000
Affiliation	Laborers' International Union of North America
Key people	Oscar De La Torre, Business Manager
Website	http://www.ncdc-laborers.org [1]

History/About

The Northern California District Council of Laborers (NCDCL) is a labor organization affiliated with the Laborers' International Union of North America. The NCDCL was chartered in 1937 in San Francisco, California and today represents over 30,000 men and women, who are collectively employed by its network of 1700 signatory employers.^[1]

The NCDCL covers the following counties in Northern California: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba.^[2]

The purpose of the NCDCL is to raise the living standards of its members. With that responsibility, the Council obligates itself to its members, as well as the employers signatory to its agreements.

The NCDCL provides valuable services to their signatory employers by providing work opportunities through political action, job tracking, advanced training and re-training, competitive wage rates, prevailing wage cost savings benefit, workers’ compensation alternative dispute resolution, marketing, health and safety, and legislative advocacy.

NCDCL Board of Directors

The NCDCL is collectively governed by its Board of Directors. Members of the Board are elected by the NCDCL Delegates and serve for four (4) year teams. As of 2010, the Board of Directors is composed of the following elected officials:^[2]

Business Manager: Oscar De La Torre
President: Doyle Radford
Vice President: Dave Gorgas
Secretary-Treasurer: David George
Executive Board: Harry Harris, Samuel Robinson and Bruce Rust
Sergeant at Arms: Ken Lusby
Auditors: Jim Homer, Wilbert Lucas and Victor Parra

Leadership

Oscar De La Torre is the Business Manager of the NCDCL. Prior to his election to the District Council, De La Torre was the Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer for Laborers’ International Union Local No. 261. Under De La Torre, Local Union No. 261 increased and diversified its membership and currently serves over 3,200 men and women working in both private and public labor sectors.

De La Torre is a third generation laborer and has dedicated his entire career to the advancement of the Labor Movement. De La Torre’s mission is to advance the fundamental rights of workers by bettering salaries, health care coverage, pension, and retirement options.

De La Torre is Co-Chairman of the Northern California Health & Welfare, Northern California Pension Funds, Northern California Training & Retraining Fund and Northern California Apprenticeship Training Committee.

De La Torre is dedicated to the community and has built strong coalitions with non-profit community groups. He currently sits on the California Labor Federation, Mission Housing Development Corporation, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) and Instituto Laboral De La Raza.^[3]

In 2010, De La Torre was appointed Vice President at Large of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA). Under the leadership of O’Sullivan and LIUNA General Secretary/Treasurer, Armand Sabitoni, De La Torre will serve with 13 other LIUNA Vice Presidents who make up the LIUNA General Executive Board. The General Executive Board is charged with implementing policy and direction for the 9 Regional Offices, 46 District Councils and 475 Local Unions that comprise LIUNA’s North America operations.

Affiliated Local Unions

The affiliated Local Unions in Northern California are as follows:

Local Union	Address	Phone Number
Laborers’ Local 67	8400 Enterprise Way, #19, Oakland, CA 94621	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 73	3984 Cherokee Road, Stockton, CA 95215	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 139	81 Barham Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95407	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 185	1320 National Drive, Sacramento, CA 95834	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 261	3271 – 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 270	509 Emory Street, San Jose, CA 95110	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 291	4174 Redwood Highway, San Rafael, CA 94903	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 294	5431 East Hedges, Fresno, CA 93727	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 297	117 Pajaro Street, Salinas, CA 93901	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 304	29475 Mission Blvd, Hayward, CA 94544-6118	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 324	611 Berrellesa Street, Martinez, CA 94553	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 389	300 – 7th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 886	8400 Enterprise Way #110, Oakland, CA, 94621	[phone]
Laborers’ Local 1130	2549 Yosemite Blvd., Ste K, Modesto, CA 95354	[phone]

References

1. ^ http://www.liuna.org/
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.ncdc-laborers.org/contact.html
3. ^ http://www.ncdc-laborers.org/welcome.html

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/northern-california-laborers-official-appointed-liuna-vice-president-54521.htm

External links

• http://www.liuna.org/[2]
• http://www.ncdc-laborers.org/ [3]
• http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/northern-california-laborers-official-appointed-liuna-vice-president-54521.htm
• http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/northern-california-laborers-scholarship-foundation-gives-back-to-community-30156.htm