Apprenticeship Resonates Through a High-Performance Career

It’s not unusual for UBC members to take roundabout paths to reach the doorway of an apprenticeship training center. In particular, women historically have often come later to the idea of pursuing a “non-traditional” career like construction.   That was true of Roxanne Neilson, whose pathway has been especially remarkable. Spoiler alert, she views her apprenticeship 

Union Carpenters Bring It  On Tough As Nails TV Series

If you are a union carpenter and a fan of the Tough As Nails television series, you already know about the UBC members who were cast to be part of the show’s latest season (Season Four).   Local 714 member Sergio Robles and Local 909 member Jorge Zavala, both of Southern California, started their journeys to 
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Iconic Lake Placid Olympic Center Gets an Upgrade 

In the world of winter sports, few venues are more storied than the Lake Placid Olympic Center, in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. Many legends focus around the Center’s two stints hosting the Winter Olympic Games: the third-ever games, in 1932, and the U.S. underdog hockey triumph over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Games’ 

Carpenters Union Releases Statement After State of the Union

Washington, DC— The United Brotherhood of Carpenters released the following statement in response to the President’s State of the Union Address last night: “President Biden’s agenda reflects the needs of hard-working Americans – lowering prescription drug costs, investing in American manufacturing, and increasing wages for working families,” said Douglas J. McCarron, General President of the 

INSTALL Leader John McGrath Retires

If you are a UBC contractor who works in floorcovering, you probably know John McGrath’s name. Since 1997, McGrath has been instrumental in building the union’s INSTALL program, which was created to unite floorcovering members with contractors and manufacturers to establish and maintain the industry’s highest specification standards and provide the best-trained installers in North 
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Monumental Floor Laying: Restoring the Deck of a Storied Battleship

For a group of UBC members in New Jersey, an unusual project imparts special meaning to the words, “I built that.” These members of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (EASRCC), Local 251 and Local 255, are at work at a history-making jobsite, the Battleship New Jersey, as part of a massive deck