North American trade union
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Abbreviation IUPAT Formation 1887 (1887 ) Type Trade union Headquarters Hanover, Maryland , USLocation Membership 103,858 (2014)[ 1] President
Jimmy Williams Affiliations Website iupat Formerly called
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades
TheInternational Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT ) is a trade union representing about 100,000painters ,glaziers ,wall coverers ,flooring installers , convention andtrade show decorators,glassworkers , sign and display workers, asbestos worker/hazmat technician anddrywall finishers in the United States and Canada.[ 2] construction industry . The union's headquarters are located inHanover, Maryland .
District Council 9, New York IUPAT presence in support ofJon Corzine at a rally during the2009 New Jersey gubernatorial race . Originally called theBrotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America , the union was first formed in 1887.[ 3] International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades in January 1970.
Local unions belong to district councils. District councils perform most of the services of the union. IUPAT is affiliated with theAFL–CIO in the US.
The Painters was one of three unions (SEIU andAFSCME were the others) to endorseHoward Dean during the 2004 Democratic primaries.[ 4] Republican presidential candidateMike Huckabee .[ 5] Hillary Clinton in theDemocratic primaries, and endorsedBarack Obama for president in June 2008.[ 6] 2016 Democratic Presidential Primary .[ 7]
1887: Joseph Harrold[ 8] 1888: George A. Thompson[ 8] 1892: Joseph W. McKinney[ 8] 1894: John M. Welter[ 8] 1894: James H. Sullivan[ 8] 1896: Michael P. Carrick[ 8] 1897: Robert H. Siekmann[ 8] 1898: Frederick J. Kneeland[ 8] 1899: William DeVaux[ 8] 1901: Joseph C. Balhorn[ 8] 1909: George F. Hendrick[ 8] 1928: John M. Finan[ 8] 1929: Lawrence P. Lindelof[ 8] 1951:Lawrence M. Raftery [ 8] 1965:Bud Raftery [ 8] 1984: William A. Duval 1992:A. L. Monroe 1998:Michael E. Monroe 2003:James A. Williams Sr. 2013:Ken Rigmaiden 2021:James A. Williams Jr. Secretary-Treasurers [ edit ] 1887: John T. Elliot 1896: Joseph W. McKinney 1897: John Barrett 1899: W. C. Rese 1899: Frank Hognan 1900: W. T. Cornelly 1901: Michael P. Carrick 1904: Joseph C. Skemp 1922: Charles J. Lammert 1927: Clarence E. Swick 1942:Lawrence M. Raftery 1952: William H. Rohrberg 1966: O. T. Satre 1972: Michael DiSilvestro 1976: Robert Petersdorf 1987:A. L. Monroe 1991: William Neal Sledge 1992: Walter G. Raftery 1995:James A. Williams Sr. 2003: George Galis 2021: Greg Smith ^ US Department of Labor ,Office of Labor-Management Standards . File number 000-035. (Search ) Report submitted 26 March 2014.^ "About Us." International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. Accessed April 30, 2016.^ "About Us: Our History." International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. Accessed April 30, 2016.^ Wilgoren, Jodi. "Major Union Plans to Pull Its Support for Dean."The New York Times . February 8, 2004; Slackman, Michael. "Labor Leaders Add Their Heft to Dean Rallies."The New York Times . November 23, 2003. ^ "Mike Huckabee Wins IUPAT Membership Poll on Republican Candidates While Campaigning in Michigan." Press release. Huckabee For President. January 12, 2008. Accessed August 2, 2008.^ Michaels, Seth. "IUPAT Endorses Obama." AFL-CIO Now Blog. June 20, 2008. Archived October 3, 2008, at theWayback Machine Accessed August 2, 2008.^ "Clinton, Riding Momentum from Debate, Wins Union Backing and Accuses Republicans of Targeting Immigrants" .The Washington Post . RetrievedOctober 8, 2018 .^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Notable Names in American History . Clifton, New Jersey: James T. White & Company. 1973. p. 558.ISBN 0883710021
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