Carpenters Union History

12/15/2023

Robert H Gray Jr. 1932-2023


Robert Gray Jr. first joined Floor Layers Local 1823 in October 1953. He was a 69 year member of the Local and worked tirelessly for decades holding multiple offices including Recording Secretary, Delegate, Trustee, and Local President. He also served as District Council Vice president and finally as Business Manager of his beloved Local. His efforts would shape the Local for decades to come, making Local 1823 one of the strongest Floor laying Locals in North America. He will long be remembered for his service to the Brotherhood.

11/21/2023

03/04/2021

01/07/2021

10/08/2020

From 1922 issue of the carpenter

04/03/2020

Here’s an old school organizing handbill the Carpenters somewhere between 1910 in 1920 1st side is two calfs working against each other and then working together to both benefit the other. The 2nd side tells Carpenters they are guilty and fined for being non-union at they’re being fined and losing money for being non-union

03/31/2020

Here are some old New Jersey rate sheets from the 1950s

03/26/2020

Here are a bunch of old pictures from the 1960s various locals including 8,122,454,465,1050,1462,1856