New York Carpenters’ Union Embraces Immigrant Organizing

It wasn’t long ago that unionized carpenters were more likely to attack immigrant workers as they worked on construction sites than welcome them into a union hall.

“In the early 1990s, the union would go to non-union jobs and threaten to call–and sometimes call–immigration on the workers. It was a ‘wrecking crew’ situation,” said Greg Butler, a United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) member in New York City.”*

*From: http://www.alternet.org
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