A "carpenter" does not just work with a saw
and a hammer. Carpenters Local 623 represents men and women
in a wide variety of trades.
Today carpenters build bridges, homes, cabinets,
docks, warehouses and high rise buildings. They do tenant
improvement work, assemble modular furniture, install computer
flooring, and work in the aerospace industry. In addition
Local 623 represents carpenters that perform casino maintenance
such as mechanics, upholsterers, locksmiths, and carpet
& flooring mechanics in each of the twelve (12) casinos.
Members of the Carpenters Union are commercial
and residential carpenters, drywall and acoustic installers,
mill workers and cabinetmakers, floor installers, pile drivers
and divers, millwrights, lathers, and tile/marble/terrazzo
workers.
Contact the local union nearest you for more
information on what trades are represented by the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
ﾠThe United Brotherhood of Carpenters
(U.B.C.) has a long history of representing men and women
working in a wide variety of trades in Atlantic County.
Today, however, having a history is not enough. That is
why Carpenters Local 623 continues to work hard to develop
new ways to provide a better service for its members, and
its signatory contractors to combat the destruction of area
standards.
ﾠIn recent years, the Carpenters Union
has begun a new chapter in its history, developing a true
partnership with contractors signed to the Master
Labor Agreement. Working together, this partnership
has created new programs to win as much work as possible
for signatory contractors. These programs are designed to
give Union contractors in the public works arena a level
playing field on which to bid, and to recapture segments
of the private market where nonunion companies have gained
a stronghold.
Carpenters Local 623
has signatory contractors working in Atlantic County.
The Master Labor Agreement for Carpenters Local 623 guarantees
all employers the following:
Free transfer of employees throughout the area of Atlantic County.
Make-up days on Saturdays at the straight time rate with prior approval of the Regional Council.
A work Preservation Committee to address requests for modification
of the Master Labor Agreement on a project by project basis.
A one apprentice to five-journeyman ratio.
A pre-apprenticeship classification that is paid at 40% of journeyman scale.
As a member of a local union affiliated
with Carpenters Local 623, you have access to a number of
benefits and services. Depending on what trade you work
in, most members work under a collective bargaining agreement
that sets wage rates and negotiates pay increases, provides
health care benefits and allows members to earn credit in
a pension plan and annuity plan for retirement benefits.
Not only that, but as a member of the Carpenters
Union you have access to a grievance procedure. If you feel
that you are being treated unfairly on the job or were wrongly
dismissed, a Business Representative can help you file a
grievance against the company or individual and if required,
take your case to Arbitration.
Most importantly, being part of Carpenters
Local 623 means that you do not stand alone against the
company. When you have a problem or go to negotiate, you
have the power of 1200 workers standing behind you.
A labor union is nothing more than a group
of working men and women who agree to stand together for
better wages, working conditions, and benefits. By standing
together and bargaining collectively with employers, workers
gain the power to negotiate a fair wage for their labor.
A power that individual workers do not have. Through unity,
workers can insist on a fair wage, health care benefits
for both themselves and their families pension benefits
for security in retirement, safe job sites, and training
for tomorrow's work force.
Peter J. McGuire founded the Carpenters Union
in 1881. Since then, hard working families have fought for
and won many of the labor standards that we take for granted
today. Organized labor is responsible for the 8-hour workday
and the 40-labor workweek. Organized labor is largely responsible
for the access to a skilled trade now available to men and
women of all races through union apprenticeship programs.
Members of the labor movement also worked for public education
and restrictions on child labor.
Through political education and membership
involvement in the political process, organized labor continues
to work to protect the rights of working families.
Carpenters Local 623 represents workers in
a variety of (trades) in Atlantic County.
