The Carpenters' issues with the AFL-CIO are still unresolved, leaving the union's role in organized labor up to further talks and a future AFL-CIO Executive Council decision, federation President John Sweeney said.
Sweeney's memo came at almost the same time - and countered - a memo from AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department President Edward C. Sullivan, who said the Carpenters would rejoin BCTD on Dec. 1.
But the AFL-CIO constitution says that a member of a department must also be a federation member. Thus the Carpenters can't rejoin the federation until issues are resolved.
'Discussions between the AFL-CIO and the Carpenters have proceeded, and some issues must also be addressed, especially jurisdictional issues,' Sweeney wrote. 'And any tentative agreement must go to the Executive Council and it will not be submitted until those issues are resolved.'
Though Sweeney did not detail them, there are other issues between the AFL-CIO and the Carpenters. They include whether the Carpenters believe they received sufficient value for the $4 million in annual dues they sent to the AFL-CIO before pulling out two years ago, and whether the federation is spending enough money on organizing.
This article was written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.
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The Carpenters’ issues with the AFL-CIO are still unresolved, leaving the union’s role in organized labor up to further talks and a future AFL-CIO Executive Council decision, federation President John Sweeney said.
Sweeney’s memo came at almost the same time – and countered – a memo from AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department President Edward C. Sullivan, who said the Carpenters would rejoin BCTD on Dec. 1.
But the AFL-CIO constitution says that a member of a department must also be a federation member. Thus the Carpenters can’t rejoin the federation until issues are resolved.
‘Discussions between the AFL-CIO and the Carpenters have proceeded, and some issues must also be addressed, especially jurisdictional issues,’ Sweeney wrote. ‘And any tentative agreement must go to the Executive Council and it will not be submitted until those issues are resolved.’
Though Sweeney did not detail them, there are other issues between the AFL-CIO and the Carpenters. They include whether the Carpenters believe they received sufficient value for the $4 million in annual dues they sent to the AFL-CIO before pulling out two years ago, and whether the federation is spending enough money on organizing.
This article was written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.