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Subtitle: the restructuring of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in Northern California, 1978 to 2008
By: by Michael S. Munoz
Publisher: M. Munoz
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Placerville, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780615598789
Subjects: History; Carpenters; Labor unions; Pile drivers; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Northern California Carpenters Regional Council; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America; Pile Drivers Union. Local 34; Pile Drivers Union
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Description: "Written as a memoir by Michael Munoz, the retired Director of Organizing of the Northern California Chapters Regional Council, this is a recollection of the thirty most contentious years of the carpenters union's history...The restructuring by the Carpenters International Union of Northern California in 1997, the bitter fight against Pile Drivers Local 34, the Wildcat strikes in Northern California  by rank and file carpenters, and the identity of Robert Christie Jr., the pseudonym Munoz used to educate rank and file carpenters and move a resolution to the floor of the General Convention...A candid and rare view of the Carpenters Union leadership from the inside, this book is a must read for any trade unionist desiring to build his or her union" -- p. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: My family's strange origins; title: San Leandro, California; title: Pile Drivers Local 34; title: Hard Knocks; title: Finding my brain; title: Every cloud has a silver lining; title: Jim Green; title: Union organizer; title: Gaicomo Patri; title: Professor Archie Green; title: Aetna Life & Casualty; title: Railway Roadway/Hatch; title: Stewards program; title: Victor Van Bourg; title: BE & K; title: The bad loans; title: Douglas McCarron; title: UBC picks sides; title: The 1991 General Convention; title: Director of organizing; title: The consolidation of Northern California; title: Starting over; title: Machinists District 190; title: Local 34 Fights Back; title: Pile driver pride; title: The day I killed Robert Christie Jr.; title: The rank and file movement; title: The fight for the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council; title: Bob Alvarado; title: Conclusions.