Dateline 2011 Aug 25

Carpenters Protest Restaurant - Carpenters Union Threatened, Harassed Restaurant for Work

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Dateline 2011 Jun 24-30

Face of Business – Chet Karnas Takes on National Battle

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Dateline 2011 May 27

Banner Battle – Congress Told of Damage Done by Union Campaign

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Is the Carpenters Union’s “SHAME ON” campaign part of a political agenda?  Why do they donate so much money to certain political candidates like Diane Denish in New Mexico?  New Mexico has a reputation of a “Pay-to-Play” state and the carpenter’s union donated $25,000.00 to her campaign.  She refuses to make a public statement about their disparaging acts against New Mexico businesses, yet she runs on a pro-small business platform.  Like most things political it doesn’t pass the ‘smell test’.  You can’t be pro-business and accept their actions in conjunction with their money.  It’s not ethical, honest, transparent or truthful.

David Barber, a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, engages in unsightly and unruly protest marches with hired non-union protesters against his own fellow citizens.  He is shown here protesting at a church against a company and a man with a long history of civic contributions and community involvement.  Should our community have to tolerate the despicable acts against people and businesses that always give more than they take?  Shame on you, Dave Barber!

Dateline 2010 Jul 19

Letters to Outlook – Pickets Disrupted Mass

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Dateline 2010 Jul 18

Letters to the Editor – Antics Shame Carpenter’s Union

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Dateline 2010 Jul 16

To Protest Hiring of Nonunion Help, Union Hires Nonunion Pickets – Jobless Recruits Get Minimum Wage ‘To March Around and Sound Off’

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Dateline 2010 Jul 16

Union Protest Turns Rowdy – Police Called When Protesters’ Noise and Profanity Disrupt Church Service

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Carpenters Union 1319 continues its ugly campaign by loudly protesting at a church and disrupting their service until the police step in.  Louie Medina, the carpenters union organizer is a resident of California and he travels each week to New Mexico to disparage our city and create a blight on our community.

Carpenter’s Union 1319 is protesting and bannering businesses in New Mexico with a NEGATIVE campaign.  They are an “ANTI” business blight on the community and the environment.  Their protest sites are littered with debris from their banner holders.  Plastic snap ties and their slanderous handouts are proof positive that THEY left the litter.  But yet they protest against good people, good businesses and community members who make major contributions to the betterment of New Mexico.

“Chet Karnas, President of Lone Sun Builders in Albuquerque, New Mexico has been a victim of abusive tactics employed by the Carpenters Local Union 1319…“

Dateline 2010 Mar 31

Around N.M. – CofC Comes Out Against Bannering

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