International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
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The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) is an AFL-CIO union of those in the painting field and fields associated.[1]
PRO Act Promotion
From the Huffington Post from an article titled "Organized Labor Puts Heat On Democratic Holdouts To Support PRO Act" dated April 28, 2021:[2]
- "The AFL-CIO is spending more than 1 million dollars on TV and radio ads aimed at moderate Democrats who haven't signed on to the labor reform proposal.
- The AFL-CIO labor federation says it’s spending seven figures on television and radio ads aimed at bolstering Senate support for the PRO Act, which would make it easier for workers to join unions. The ads will run in Arizona, Virginia and West Virginia ― states with moderate Democratic senators whose support, or lack of it, could determine the bill’s fate..."
[...]
- For now, the priority for unions is getting the last Democratic holdouts to sign on to the legislation. They recently gained the support of Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats, after pressure from a coalition of labor groups and phone calls from members of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Much of the advocacy behind the PRO Act has been driven by the AFL-CIO and one of its member unions, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. IUPAT and other backers of the law have called for Democrats to end the filibuster to make its passage more possible..."
Leadership
- James A. Williams, General President/Director of Organizing
- Robert Kucheran, General Vice President
- Kenneth E. Rigmaiden, Executive General Vice President
- Raymond J. Price, III. General Vice President
- George Galis, General Secretary-Treasurer
- Raymond Sesma, General Vice President
- William D. Candelori, Jr., General Vice President
- A.L. "Mike" Monroe, General President Emeritus[3]