50 Years of Shrinking Union Membership, In One Map https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/23/385843576/50-years-of-shrinking-union-membership-in-one-map The Building Trades have collapsed disproportionately during this period as compared to public sector unions – steady and consistent loss of market share irrespective of the economy and political administrations “NET” over decades! Robert Georgine, who was the Building Trades President from 1974 – 2000,… Continue Reading
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The Building Trades Have Been Losing for a Long Time –
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Badass Union Riders and Their Constitutions –
Note: picture depicts Firefighters, Police and Building Trades members escorting a memorial piece of steel from the World Trade Center. The Rank & File are bad ass in the field. In the shirts and badging they wear. In the union motorcycle clubs and other groups, they belong to. In the skills they have. They take… Continue Reading
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“What are you going to do about it?”
That is what the senior leadership of the Internationals think with regard to the memberships of their unions. Take the very controversial endorsement of Hillary Clinton by the Internationals over Bernie Sanders. Facebook and other social media has been on fire for months now regarding this endorsement without any democratic input of the membership. Some… Continue Reading
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