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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

Please visit New Mexico Business Weekly

Dateline 2011 May 27

Banner Battle – Congress Told of Damage Done by Union Campaign

Please visit Albuquerque Journal (Front Page)

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

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

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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’

Please visit Wall Street Journal (Front Page)

Dateline 2010 Mar 31

Around N.M. – CofC Comes Out Against Bannering

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Dateline 2010 Mar 10

Editorials – Shame on You, Union

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Dateline 2010 Mar 08

Blasting the Bannering – Divisive Union Campaign Irks Community

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Dateline 2010 Mar 08

Picketing Campaign Expands

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Dateline 2010 Mar 08

Pickets Kill Hotel Andaluz Campaign Visit for Biden

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Dateline 2010 Feb 15

Letters to Outlook – Picketing Tactic Deplored

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Dateline 2009 Dec 21

Letters to Outlook – Picketing Tactic Deplored

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Dateline 2009 Dec 13

New Mexico OP-ED – ‘Shame on’ Protests Tear Down Business

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Dateline 2009 Dec 07

Letters to Outlook – Shame On Rogue Protests

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Dateline 2009 Dec 04-10

Real Estate Review – Karnas Tackles Carpenters Union

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Dateline 2009 Sep 18-24

Paid Advertisement – Letter from Ray M. Baca, Executive Director of NM Building & Construction Trades Council (this article is proof that the other union trades don’t agree with the Carpenters Union’s tactics, and they are indeed a rogue/renegade group)

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Dateline 2009 Aug 27

Heights Hot Spot – Sadie’s, Longtime Popular North Valley Restaurant, Readies Second Location for East Side Chile Addicts

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Dateline 2009 Jul 10-16

Viewpoint – Letters to the Editor, “..stands up for the rights of merit shop contractors..”

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Dateline 2009 Jul 03-09

Carpenters Union Stakes Out Contracting Sites – Pickets Take Off When Photographed

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Dateline 2009 Jun 27

Contractors Call Union ‘Unfair’ – Demonstration Earns Rebuttal

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Dateline 2009 Jun 19-25

Paid Advertisement – Letter from Vicki More, CEO of Associated General Contractors – NM Building Branch

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Dateline 2009 Jun 05

Two-Sided Protest – Union Members Picket as Business Owner Touts Benefits

Please visit Journal Santa Fe

Dateline 2009 Jun 04

Contractor to Counter Protesters – Lone Sun Official to Hold Own Sign

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Dateline 2009 Apr 27

Letters to Outlook – Carpenters Union Needs to Own Up

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Dateline 2009 Apr 16

Editorials – Union Hired Protesters of the World, Unite!

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Dateline 2009 Apr 14

Protester: Fired for Talking – Man Hired By Carpenters Union Quoted In the Saturday Journal

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Dateline 2009 Apr 11

Protest On Demand at $10 an Hour – Union Pays Workers To Picket Church, Businesses

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Real Estate Review Karnas Tackles Carpenters Union