APRIL 12, 2012
WALLY'S RAT PATROL
I am creating this blog following my Local Unions establishment of a Volunteer Organizing Committee. I will NOT list any contractor that there may be an organizing campaign on which there may be a campaign attemped, but I shall give any person visiting, a listing of what their employer can and cannot do during a campaign, against an employee that wishes to Unionize.
This blog is dedicated to the premise that a “Rat” is a CONTRACTOR that survises and prosper's only at the expense of it's worker's. It can only be competitive in the construction industry based on what they DO NOT PAY OR PROVIDE THEIR EMPLOYEE'S.
All facet's (trades) have their own special “RAT'S” in the construction industry and I will be trying to highlight them all on this blog.
I am going to try to make this a place that each Building Trades Union can list 5/6 of their own RAT contracor's.
I will also make it a place that each organization can share information on their own organizing effort's.
A place where a non-union worker can access the “TRUTH” about what it means to change from being an “exploited” construction worker, to being a Construction professional in their own chosen field.
This industry is bereft with rumor's and downright lies, and I hope this site can put most, if not all, onto the garbage heap; which is where you will find most of the “REAL RATS”.
I may not have all the answers on this blog, but I will attempt to provide a competent place to find them.
I am a second generation and almost 40 year member of the United Association of the Plumber's, Steam and Marine Fitters Local Union 290 here in Portland, Oregon. Our family has over 430 years belonging to this organization. I have served my Local Union as The Vice President, as a Business Agent/Organizer, as the first President of the combined Statewide Union; Local 290 whose geographical jurisdiction ranges North and South from SW Washington to Northern California, and West and East from the Pacific Ocean to Malhuer County in Oregon, and represent's over 4,000+- worker's in the Industry. And I served 17 years as Executive Treasurer of the Columbis Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO which is a coalition of Constuction Union's in SW Washington and N.W. Oregon that represent close to 12,000 worker's in all facet's of the construction industry.
I will also attempt to supply link's to all the trades and all non-union worker's desiring to better their station in life.
I will also attempt to provide some backround history of the A.F.L.C.I.O., it's structure and department's, and their contributions to our society.
If you join this blog as a follower I will NOT post your comment unless I feel it is appropriate and you feel comfortable with it being posted on this blog.
This will NOT be a closed site, but I will have compelte control over its content.
http://www.oregonbuildingtrades.com/member-unions/
http://www.colpacbuildingtrades.com/
http://www.ua290.org/
http://www.ibew48.com/
http://www.smw16.org/
http://www.oraflcio.org/
http://www.unions.org/
www.oregon.gov/BOLI/
WHEN YOU SPOT THESE CONTRACOR'S PLEASE CONTACT EITHER THE OREGON STATE BUILIDING TRADES OR THE INDIVIDUAL UNIONS AND LET THEIR ORGANIZER KNOW WHERE THEY ARE OR MAY BE WORKING !
WALLY'S RAT'S IN NO SPECIAL ORDER
JET INDUSTRIES - SALEM AND BEYOND HVAC-AND ALL CONSTRUCTION
HUNTER DAVIDSON - PORTLAND AND BEYOND – HVAC, AND ALL CONSTRUCTION
AMERICAN HEATING - PORTLAND AND BEYOND - HVAC
