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Work has been done to merge UBC retirement and benefit funds in the Southern District. These mergers lower administrative costs, give you more service, and provide better returns on our investments. 

It’s been a busy year for Dayami Hernandez. The Cuba native moved to the United States from Jamaica and, after 20 years of working of as a nurse, became a union solar-panel installer with Carpenters Local Union 551 in Pasadena, Texas.  

Current and upcoming work opportunities in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi include those listed below. If you are interested in any of these projects, make sure you are on the ready-to-work list. Contact your business representative for more information.

Current and upcoming work opportunities in Texas and Oklahoma include those listed below. If you are interested in any of these projects, make sure you are on the ready-to-work list. Contact your business representative for more information.

The U.S. Department of Labor has recognized the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Military Veterans Program as one of 839 recipients of the 2024 HIRE Vets Medallion Award. The UBC MVP Program earned the platinum award for large employers.

Union Millwrights recently completed a multi-year project installing a baggage handling system at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. This high-tech system is the first of its kind in the United States.

Information about our solar work and a Texas paperboard project both Carpenters and Millwrights are working on can be read in the Southern District Spotlight on pages 18 and 19 of the December Carpenter magazine. Click the link and check it out!

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) announced today its support of the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division’s final rule on determining employee and independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Central South Carpenters helped build a house Sergeant Maverick and his two daughters can call home near San Antonio, TX. We feel privileged to be part of this incredible project in collaboration with Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors.

In April 2023, Graphic Packaging broke ground with their second facility that will leverage the industry’s most modern technology to produce recycled paperboard.