Let’s Rise TO Build Carpenter Power TOGETHER

Carpenters RISE is a member-led, power-building campaign to empower our members to use their voice to protect union jobs and carpenter values.

Trainings

To educate and engage our sisters and brothers on issues that directly impact our jobs

Community

By joining a community board or finding other ways to give back to those in need

Elections

We bring members into the political process to hold elected officials accountable.

Successes

Since launching in 2020 we have:

2023

Successfully passed the LLC Transparency Act, which requires LLCs to disclose their owners, and allows us to go after unscrupulous contractors who used to be able to hide behind shell corporations.

2023

For years, civil service carpenters were forced to pay into a benefit they could legally never claim. Governor Hochul signed our bill into law which closed the loophole and will refund members their employee contribution.

2023

Passed The Wage Theft Accountability Act. This made wage theft a felony, giving District Attorney’s new power to crack down on the worst actors in the construction industry.

2022

Successfully served as the deciding factor in the City Council approval of a 4-building rezoning on Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx, after Council Member Marjorie Velazquez pushed the developer to hire union carpenters.

2022

With support in the State Legislature, we ended the 421A tax incentive program, which cost New Yorkers over $1 billion dollars a year in lost revenue and failed to create good paying jobs or affordable homes.

2021

In a historic City Council vote, ensured the approval of a new $450 million-dollar, 16-story medical facility that will be built entirely union.

2021

Introduced and helped pass the General Contractor Liability Law to hold general contractors accountable for wage theft committed by their subcontractors.

Rise With Us

Carpenters RISE is a union-wide effort to educate, organize, and empower members in the political process. Under EST Joseph Geiger’s leadership, members now interview and recommend the candidates we endorse, learn how to make their voices heard, and build the power we need to put union carpenters to work.

Make Your Voice Heard!

Because when we stand in solidarity, we have ability to secure our union values

Union Jobs

Family-Sustaining wages

Quality Benefits

Stable Pension

Healthcare

Safe working conditions and cutting-edge training