Committee on Education and the Workforce
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations

"Impediments to Union Democracy Part II:
Right to Vote in the Carpenters' Union?"

June 25, 1998  

Opening Statement of Chairman Fawell

Witnesses:
Mr. Herman Benson
Founder and Former Executive Director
Association for Union Democracy
Brooklyn, New York

Mr. John F. Liguori
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
Local 20
Plainfield, New Jersey

Mr. William S. Lebo
Carpenters for Union Democracy
Baldwin, New York

Mr. Clemens Wittekind
Carpenters for Democracy in Unions
Royal Oak, Michigan

Mr. John Durcan
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
Local 608
Wappinger Falls, New York

Mr. Salvester Zarzana
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
Local 926
Brooklyn, New York

Mr. Douglas McCarron  (added 8/21/98)
General President
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses being sworn in by the Chairman

Witnesses being sworn in by the Chairman

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Witnesses testify before the Subcommittee

Picture of witnesses

Picture of witnesses

Picture of witnesses

Union Members for Democracy pack hearing room:

Audience picture

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Audience picture
Carpenters for Democracy display t-shirts

2 union members pose for a picture to show off their "Carpenters for Democracy" t-shirts