Carpenters’ union official to administer unemployment benefits for state (UPDATE)

February 4, 2019 1:43 pm Leave a comment

The longtime head of the Wisconsin carpenters’ union will be the top official administering the state’s unemployment system under Gov. Tony Evers.

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Despite some improvement, union pension funds struggle in 2018

January 29, 2019 4:13 pm Leave a comment

Several Wisconsin union pension plans for retired construction workers are showing signs of improvement after having raised alarms among federal regulators in recent years.

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Letter to the editor: Carpenters union backs natural-gas expansion

May 18, 2018 10:13 am 4 Comments

Pipe for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is stored May 24, 2012, in Little Rock, Ark. TransCanada expects to begin shipping oil Jan. 22 through the 485-mile pipeline, which was built from Cushing, Okla., to Port Arthur, Texas. Brownsville, Wis.-based Michels Corp. oversaw construction of the pipeline from Cushing to about Diboll, Texas. (AP file photo)

Construction workers are proud to play a key role in the building and maintaining our nation’s energy and natural-gas infrastructure.

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Union accuses contractors on Northwestern Mutual project of paying cash, avoiding taxes

February 16, 2018 2:19 pm Leave a comment

Rick Bachleitner of Greendale, left, and Jim Morris of Janesville hold up a large sign contending that nonunion contractors working on Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance’s 7Seventy7 apartment project in downtown Milwaukee were paying workers with cash and avoiding payroll taxes. Bachleitner and Morris are being paid to hold the sign by the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, a union they do not belong to. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

A multi-state carpenters union is organizing demonstrations outside Northwestern Mutual buildings in downtown Milwaukee in response to what it alleges is the use of unfair labor practices in the construction nearby of a new apartment tower for the insurance company. ...

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Feingold gets backing of carpenter group

September 22, 2016 1:42 pm Leave a comment

Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold defends his plan for fighting terrorism ahead of a new attack ad expected to be launched by a group supporting his opponent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

The North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters is backing Russ Feingold in his bid for the U.S. Senate, according to a news release from Feingold’s campaign.

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