International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

Infobox Union|
name= IUPAT
country= United States, Canada
affiliation= AFL-CIO, CLC
members= 140,000
full_name= International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
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founded= 1887
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dissolved_date=
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office= Washington, D.C.
people= James A. Williams, president
website= [http://www.iupat.org/ www.iupat.org]
footnotes= The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) is a union representing about 140,000 painters, glaziers, wall coverers, flooring installers, convention and trade show decorators, glassworkers, sign and display workers, and drywall finishers in the United States and Canada. [ [http://www.iupat.org/about/index.html "About Us." International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. No date.] Accessed August 2, 2008.] Most of its members work in the construction industry.

Originally called the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America, the union was first formed in 1887. [ [http://www.iupat.org/about/history.html "About Us: Our History." International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. No date.] Accessed August 2, 2008.] Local unions belong to district councils. District councils perform most of the services of the union. IUPAT is affiliated with the AFL-CIO in the U.S., and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada.

The Painters was one of three unions (SEIU and AFSCME were the others) to endorse Howard Dean during the 2004 Democratic primaries. [Wilgoren, Jodi. "Major Union Plans to Pull Its Support For Dean." "New York Times." February 8, 2004; Slackman, Michael. "Labor Leaders Add Their Heft to Dean Rallies." "New York Times." November 23, 2003.] In a surprise move in 2008, IUPAT endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS19224+13-Jan-2008+PRN20080113 "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.] The union had endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, and endrosed Barack Obama for president in June 2008. [ [http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/06/20/iupat-endorses-obama/ Michaels, Seth. "IUPAT Endorses Obama." AFL-CIO Now Blog. June 20, 2008.] Accessed August 2, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.iupat.org/ IUPAT official Web site]