He did not describe the contents and scope of the internal report.
Several people with ties to the union and the labor movement on Tuesday told the Post-Dispatch they had heard Bond was removed as leader of the local carpenters union, but did not know why.
Officials with the union are staying quiet. A spokeswoman for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, reached by phone Tuesday morning, said she would get back to the newspaper about Bond’s status, but did not.
Spokespeople for the regional council did not respond to requests for comment, nor did Bond.
Carpenters Union official Al Bond is seen on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, at a news conference at Carpenters Hall in St. Louis.
McCarron’s letter ordered “property, books, charter and funds” held by or on behalf of the St. Louis regional council be “immediately transferred” to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. He will soon appoint interim delegates to the Chicago regional council, he wrote.
Six-figure checks
Whether the carpenters union will still maintain the same clout remains to be seen. Locally, the council has been a major political force, often writing six-figure checks to influence the political process. The 20,000-plus member construction union was involved in typical labor issues, including major successes for the group such as the campaign to repeal Missouri’s so-called “right-to-work” law that let employees work in unionized workplaces without paying dues.
