I am a 33 year member of Hartford Laborers ' Local 230, which is part of The Laborers ' International Union of North America. I am also an announced candidate for the position of Business Manager of Laborers Local 230. In addition, I am the plaintiffs witness in federal court in Bridgeport Ct. Along with another dissident candidate for office, I am being brought up on false manipulated internal charges within my local union. The Laborers Union represents workers in more than 50 different industries.
Laborers are the lowest paid of all construction workers.
There are more than 60 district councils that conduct bargaining on behalf of their affiliated local unions. Each region of the country is controlled by a Regional Manager. My own experience shows the Laborers' Union to be one of the least democratically run institutions in the U.S. page 3 4. Enforcement of officials hand-picked by the General President of the Union have the assignment of policing the International Union. The governing body of the 10 Local Unions is the Connecticut Laborers' District Council.