Drywall Finishers Reaffirm Their Support of Painters Union
29th April 2008
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A unit of 580 drywall finishers in New Jersey voted overwhelmingly—94 percent—to stick with their union, the Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 71, and rejected an attempt by the Carpenters (UBC), which left the AFL-CIO in 2001, to sign up the workers.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certified the results yesterday. IUPAT General President James Williams says he wasn't surprised by the outcome because IUPAT drywall finishers repeatedly have reaffirmed their support of IUPAT.
This vote was, as the man says, "Déjà vu all over again." The Carpenters came at us—again—hoping to raid those who are already organized and we voted them down—again.
They have done the same thing in over a dozen cities in the United States and Canada and they lost every time. The word is out on their empty promises for more work and more money and the men and women we represent in this trade will not be fooled by the UBC leaders in Washington, D.C.