Index

In-text photo references are in italic type.

Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, 42, 76

American Federation of Labor (AFL–CIO), 43, 85, 92, 110–11, 122–23, 160, 163, 225

American Plan, 105–9, 222

Anctil, Arthur, 115, 133, 134, 150, 151

Apprenticeship: in colonial era, 21–22; current state of, 170; employer attitudes toward, 51–52; as entry to trade, 2; as mechanism to control labor supply, 18–19, 51; nature of, 3–4; union vs. nonunion, 190, 215

Arkil, Nazadeen, 216, 216–17

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC): growth of, 161, 162–63, 167; and minority hiring, 215; and organization of work, 188–90, 222, 224; public image of, 167–68

Associated General Contractors (AGC): and apprenticeship, 2; and minority hiring, 211; and negotiating, 158; and 1956 strike, 153; and open shop, 163

Audley, James, 2, 4

Bathelt, Carl, 153, 166–67, 193

Bennett, Cliff, 156

Berkshire District Council of Carpenters, 56

Bernique, Leo, 1, 2, 3, 4, 131, 148

Blomquist, Ellis, 2, 71, 114, 131, 164, 188, 192

Book of prices, 22

Boraks, Gordon, 171, 192, 192–93, 194

Boston Building Trades Council: Boston carpenters and, 89, 112; and cooperatives, 92; during Depression, 117, 124; and Eliot controversy, 83; and WW I strike, 86–87

Boston Building Trades Employers Association (BTEA): antiunion attitudes of, 103–4; during Depression, 117–18; and 1919 strike, 89; and 1921 strike, 106–9; and 1956 strike, 153

Boston Carpenters Promotional Education Program (BCPEP), 170

Boston District Council of Carpenters, 68, 79, 83, 154, 166, 168–70

Boston Jobs Policy, 213–14

Bowen, John, 115–16

Bruno, Angelo, 1, 5, 135, 135, 162, 167, 193–94, 224

Bryant, Bob, xvi, 2, 166, 193

Building cooperatives: in Boston, 91–94; in Mass., 92; in U. S., 92

Building Trades Unions Construction and Housing Council, 91–94

Burns, John, 161, 163

Business agent: contemporary, 169, 195–97; during Depression, 115, 119, 151; origins of, 78–84; and union rules, 73

Business Roundtable, 159–60, 161, 163, 222

Calhoun, Faith, 218

Campanelli Co., 134–35, 164

Cannon, Omar, 211, 213–14

Carabetta, Joe, 164

Carpenter, 19, 40, 47, 79, 85, 90, 114, 209

Carpenters Builders Association (CBA), 44–46

Christie, Robert, 24

Clinkard, Joseph, 44, 45, 79, 82

Closed shop, 50–51, 55, 58, 90, 109

Coffee break, 155

Cogill, John, 79, 172

Company man, 150

Concrete formwork, 145–46, 193–94

Construction Industry Stabilization Committee (CISC), 161–62

Conte, Phil, 154

Cooperatives. See Building cooperatives

Corbett, Joe, 209, 210, 216

Coulombe, Leo, 1, 4, 113, 114, 132, 146, 150, 151, 223–24

Craft unionism, 18–19, 225–26

Croteau, Richard, 2, 4, 5, 114, 132, 133, 135, 149, 151, 154, 172, 173, 196, 223

Curley, Mayor James Michael, 109, 118, 155

DeCarlo, Angelo, 115, 147, 150–51

Double-breasting, 165, 168, 225

Drywall, 71, 147–48, 192

Dual wage system, 135–36

Duffy, Frank, 19, 76, 85

Edwards, George, 91–94

Eidlitz, Otto, 52

Eight-hour day, 41–47, 49–50

Eliot, Charles, 82–83

Emanuello, Joseph, 2, 133, 134, 135, 146, 147, 150

Ethnic local unions, 70–71

Evers, Tom, 215

Fletcher, Leo, 211, 211, 212, 213

Foremen, 104, 222

Foster, Frank, 48, 72, 74, 80

French-Canadian carpenters, 69–70, 148

Gallagher, Ed, 134, 149, 151

Gompers, Samuel, 43, 48, 77, 85–86, 110, 123, 197

Gow, Charles, 104, 105, 106

Grant, Luke, 80

Green, William, 110, 123

Greenland, John, xiv, 119, 147, 153, 163, 215

Griffin, Dick, 171, 172

Grover, Reginald, xiii, 51

Gunning, Tom, 163, 189

Harrington, Tom, 1, 4, 73, 114, 132, 151, 154–55, 155, 188, 193, 224–25

Health and welfare fund, 154

Henley, Ed, 114, 115

Holyoke Building Trades Council, 88, 120

Holyoke District Council of Carpenters, 115, 120

Hopkins, Harry, 126–27, 129

Housebuilding, 17, 132, 133–36

Hoxie, Wilbur, 132

Huber, William, 76, 209

Huddell, Arthur, 4, 87, 105, 106

Humphrey, Harold, 5, 147–48, 149

Hutcheson, William, 86, 87, 123–24

Jones, Sharon, 216, 217, 218

Joslin, Arthur, 104

Journeymen, 18, 21–23

Jubenville, Bob, 132–33, 145–16

Jurisdictional disputes, 75–77, 162

Kronish, Richard, 169

LaFrancis, W. J., 73, 82

Landry, Ernest, 1, 2, 69, 114, 132, 146, 148, 149–50

Leighton, Joel, 2

Leitao, Joseph, 112, 130

Lia, Joseph, 133, 189, 194

Lloyd, Harry, 43, 48, 68

Luther, Seth, 23

Lynch, James, 78, 80

MacKinnon, John, 1, 71, 72, 73, 114, 115–16, 124, 133

Manufactured housing, 160–70

Marshall, Bob, 151, 168, 173, 188, 190, 196, 197, 215

Marshall Carpenters Training Center, 170, 188

Martin, Jim, xvi

Massachusetts Development Finance Foundation, 169

Massachusetts State Council of Carpenters, 126, 161

Master Builders Association (MBA): antiunion attitudes of, 51, 222; and eight-hour strikes, 41–44; and 1921 strike, 106

Master carpenters, 21–23, 25

Master Carpenters Association (MCA): 49, 51, 74

McGuire, Peter: and eight-hour campaigns, 43, 46–47; as founder of UBCJA, 40; on jurisdictional disputes, 75–76; on Panic of 1893, 49, 54; and vision of unionism, 67–68, 222

McNeill, George, 42, 44, 47

Molinari, Mike, xvi

Mroz, Mitchel, 3, 3, 5, 6, 132–33, 135–36, 145, 156–57, 167, 170

Nason, John, 91–94

National Association of Builders (NAB), 47, 53, 54

National War Labor Board, 87

New Bedford Building Trades Council, 88

Nicmanis, Eric, 134

Norcross Brothers, 42, 44, 46, 52, 76–77

Open shop: 1921–22 campaign for, 108–9, 110, 111, in post–WW II housebuilding, 134–35; rise of, in 1970s and 1980s, 163–73, 188–92; strikes over, 1900–1916, 54, 56; work organization policies of, 222–23, 224

Operation Turnaround, 172

Organizing, 171–73

Osborn, Arthur, 215

Overtime pay, 51, 104, 109, 120, 155, 159

Pension fund, 154, 168–69

Peterson, Enock, 114, 119, 124, 133, 224

Petitpas, Joseph, 1, 5, 6, 150, 224

Phalen, Thomas, 3, 6, 71, 72, 114, 131, 133, 150, 154

Piecework, 22, 25, 78, 134, 191, 192, 221

Pile driving, 4, 193, 224

Potts, John, 68, 82, 83

Power, Joe, 173, 188, 189, 189

Pratt, Oscar, 72, 114–15, 131, 146, 148, 151, 154, 196

Prudential Center, 155–56, 224–25

Public works: as Depression employment, 122–28; union attitudes toward, 126–29

Rickard, Harold, 2, 115, 119

Rickard, Tom, 1, 4, 5, 114

Routen, Bob, 6

Safety, 5–6

Sayward, William, 42, 47, 53, 54

Seasonality, 4, 133

Self-employment, 17

Seppala & Aho, 164–65

Sewell, Chester, 6, 114, 134, 135, 146

Shea, Donald, xvi

Sheetrock. See Drywall

Shields, William, 45, 68

Short, John, 208

Silins, Andy, xvi, 170

Smith Charities, 2

Specialization, 149, 191–92, 194, 223, 225

Springfield District Council of Carpenters, 55, 68, 73, 114, 115, 116, 118, 120, 126, 147, 154

Starrett, William, 16

Stewards, 73

Stewart, Ralph, 104, 105

Sympathy strike, 57, 74–75, 77, 112

Taylor, Frederick W., 219–21, 222, 223

Technological innovation, 24, 137, 146–47, 225

Ten-hour day, 23, 41

Third World Jobs Clearing House, 212, 213

Thomas, Bob, 1, 2, 145, 146, 148–49, 149, 151, 156

Thompson, Sanford, 219–20, 223

Tocco, Stephen, 167–68, 188–89, 222, 224

Tramping, 4, 48

Turner, Chuck, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215

Uniform wage, 19, 221, 223, 226

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA): in craft vs. industrial unionism debate, 18; decline of in 1920s, 111, 113; decline of, in late 1970s, 156, 165; and eight-hour campaigns, 43; founding of, 40; future of, 225; in jurisdictional conflicts, 75–76; and minorities, 208–9, 212; in Panic of 1893, 48–49; reasons for rapid growth of, 52–54, 67

UBCJA locals:

Local 23, 56

Local 33, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 48, 67, 79, 156

Local 40, 208

Local 56, 49, 154, 225

Local 67, 71

Local 93, 46

Local 96, 70

Local 108, 41, 49, 68, 166

Local 157, 71, 113

Local 183, 79

Local 192, 41

Local 275, 134

Local 402, 167

Local 417, 41

Local 444, 57, 114

Local 455, 40

Local 549, 83, 119

Local 624, 50

Local 762, 79

Local 847, 116

Local 877, 56

Local 1006, 111

Local 1105, 117

Local 1416, 131

United Building Trades Council (UBTC), 89–90, 106–8

United Carpenters Council, 51, 74

United Community Construction Workers (UCCW), 211

Valli, Al, 2, 115, 119, 151

Voluntarism, 123

Wage rates: in colonial era, 21; in 1832, 23; in late 1800s, 24; in 1901, 50; in 1902, 51; in 1904, 54–55; in 1906, 56; in 1919–23, 106, 108, 109; during Depression, 116–17, 118, 127; in 1950s, 132, 134, 153; in 1969–71, 209; in 1981–86, 166; in nonunion sector, 134, 189

Walking delegate. See Business agent

Walsh, Barney, 148, 151, 169, 170, 171, 196, 212, 215

Weatherbee, Bob, 3, 155, 172–73, 188, 191, 193, 195

Weiner, Paul, 72–73, 115, 130, 131, 146, 224

Weiner, Manny, 113, 114, 131

Weinstein, Michael, 192, 192, 223

Williams, Mary Ann, 217, 217

Women in Construction Project, 216

Worchester District Council of Carpenters, 92, 111, 114, 119

Works Progress Administration (WPA), 122, 126–29, 130

Work-sharing, 119–20

Wright, Carroll, 70