30 YEARS OF SERVICE/55 YEARS OF AGE AND OUT!

Thursday, May 6th
6:00 P.M.
12 E. Erie St. Chicago
Chicago District Council of Carpenters and Joiners

After one year of campaigning, thousands of petition signatures, local motions, and finally the 2003 rally for retirement, carpenters from around the Chicago District Council successfully knocked down the age of retirement without penalty from 62 to 61.

LETS GET ANOTHER YEAR!
On May 6 we will be returning to the District Council on allocations night to rally and turn in over 5500 signatures calling for 30/55 AND OUT! If you are a tool carrying carpenter, YOU NEED TO BE THERE! The trades take too great of a toll on our health to be working into our sixties. This advance is needed to help our brothers and sisters enjoy the fruits of their labor at an age where it is still possible!

With work at its lowest level in years, and carpenters scrambling to make their hours, 30/55 and out creates more work and hours for all of us still swinging the hammer!

Demands for Carpenters Rights
*Bring an equitable and fair out of work system to the locals
* Remove the 175 hour cap on benefits paid by the contractors
* Return our right to vote for the District Council (its in federal court right now!)
* Create a real contract effort in 2005 with a direct vote from the membership!
* Reduce the executive pay of our officials to be closer to the average wage of working carpenters!
Earl Oliver: $234,000/yr
Jeff Isaccson: $200,000/yr
Gary Paritnart: $218,000/yr

Carpenters For A Rank And File Union
P.O. Box 28, River Grove IL. 60171
(312) 203 - 2553
RankAndFile1 (at) yahoo.com
www.CarpentersRankAndFile.com