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BC Carpenters Union Winning Battle for Canadian Autonomy UFCW.net - MfD OpenForum
MagQua! Good on them! McCarron is well known for making great speeches about solidarity, organizing and workers' freedom, and doing exactly the opposite--like dipping into the union's pension fund.

He was the first US labour leader to sign on to the Bush Administration's NAFTA sanction against Canadian softwood lumber goods, even though thousands of Canadian Carpenters Union members work in that industry.

Also, while many US unions were risking government sanction by taking a principled stand opposing the government's violent foreign policy, McCarron was riding on Air Force One partying with the Shrub.

McCarron has tried to impose a trusteeship on the BC union three times in the last seven years. Each time it has failed due to either lack of any evidence to back any charges or for violating the union's own constitutional procedures.

Interesting to note, that McCarron and his local supporters have set up a group called the Construction, Floorlayers and Allied Workers (CFAW--similar to CMAW) and trying to confuse union members on the job to sign the wrong card.

Morons.

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CEP Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
The British Columbia Labour Relations Board has issued a decision that gives the green light to BC Carpenters long struggle for autonomy. The Board has ruled the carpenters can transfer their bargaining rights to a new bargaining council, established jointly with CEP.

�It is a big win for Canadian autonomy,� says Len Embree, President of the BC Provincial Council of Carpenters. �The Labour Board is allowing our members� vote for freedom to be counted.�

The Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (CMAW) is now waiting for the Board to count the votes that are expected to confirm that the Council will be the bargaining agent of a large section of the carpenters� members who work at industrial sites. Further decisions are also expected with respect to carpenters who work on construction sites.

�CMAW is the BC Council of Carpenters� avenue to Canadian autonomy,� says Dave Coles, CEP Vice President, Western Region. �We are fighting side by side with Canadian workers for their right to run their union themselves and from within Canada.�

The LRB decision rules in favour of the BC Carpenters Union in their long struggle for autonomy from its US based parent organization, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA). The cross-border dispute has intensified over the past decade as the UBCJA has increasingly interfered with Canadian members� rights to elect their own officers and make autonomous policy decisions in the interests of Canadian workers.

�This ruling, which allows the BC Provincial Council of Carpenters to vary their certifications to the Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (CMAW), not only fortifies and preserves workers� democratic rights, it brings Canadian Autonomy one step closer,� says Brian Zdrilic, President of CMAW.�It is an unprecedented opportunity for CMAW and its affiliates to expand their organizing efforts.

� Last year the BC Carpenters Union formed a new joint all-Canadian bargaining council in partnership with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP). The new CMAW bargaining council had applied to the LRB to certify more than 120 employers across the province. As part of the certification process members were asked, in a secret ballot vote conducted by the Ministry of Labour, whether they support their unions� move to CMAW.

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