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Organizing report - Carpenters in ActionMembers answer call to help organize our industry Above and right: CIA members and organizers handbill at Kohl’s in Natomas. 
Nearly 800 rank-and-file members have stepped up to fight for their future by joining the Carpenters In Action (CIA) committees at their Local Union. Every month hundreds of CIA members are participating in organizing trainings to learn the organizing skills and tactics. Most importantly, CIA members are putting these ideas and skills into action by joining the NCCRC’s Organizing Department in the fight against anyone who attacks our living standards. The Organizing Department is actively engaged in 15 campaigns throughout Northern California.  Organizers and CIA members win the right to handbill and banner inside the Great Mall, Milpitas.  CIA members join The Rat outside Starbucks against Wells Construction in Pleasant Hill.
These targets are major non-union general contractors who undercut our hard-fought union wages and conditions. We have already had success in taking work away from these targets and creating jobs for our members. However, we will not be satisfied until these bad players cease attacking our living standards. In order to achieve these goals as quickly as possible, we need your help, and the help of all rank-and-file members of the union.  Casement picket against Franklin Hayes Builders at 231 Franklin Street, San Francisco by organizers and CIA members.  Organizing Director Jay Bradshaw leads the CIA training at Local 180. Make your voice heard in this important struggle and join the Carpenters In Action committee at your Local Union. Contact your Local, or fill out the contact form in this paper, cut it out and mail it to the Regional Council at 265 Hegenberger Road, Suite 200 Oakland, CA 94621. Standing together as one we will take back our industry and win this fight for respect. The key to stronger contracts and more work opportunities is to control our industry. Joining the CIA is the first step in this struggle. Like generations before us, if we stick together we will be triumphant.  Carpenters In Action members from Local 22 have their first street action at Quince Restaurant in San Francisco.  Senior Organizer Tim Lipscomb trains members for the CIA at Local 35.
BOYCOTT!
The boycott, or refusal to patronize certain stores or products, is an effective tool in Labor’s toolbox. You can help out by boycotting the following businesses. Boycott Kohl’s "I support the Carpenters that build Kohl's stores. I pledge not to shop at Kohl's until the giant retailer supports our country's economic recovery plan by using contractors that pay the Area Standard Wages & Benefits and participate in bonafide, state-certified apprenticeship training programs. The productivity and future welfare of those workers, their families, and the community depend on it." Boycott Starbucks When We Fight As OneThe Fight Is Won |
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