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ABOUT US

Mission Statement

The Association of Wall Ceiling and Carpentry Industries of New York, Inc. is a trade association serving its members who are carpentry contractors specializing in interior systems construction and are signatory to one or more of the UBC Councils Collective Bargaining Agreements or a Collective Bargaining Agreement of a recognized trade in support of interior systems construction, all of whom have assigned their bargaining rights to the association.

Its primary purpose is to represent and advocate for its contractor members in areas of labor relations; technical and business education; networking opportunity within the region’s construction community; and to assist its members in a legal and ethical manner to succeed, grow and prosper as responsible union contractors.

Its members are expected to abide by the association’s Antitrust Policy Statement.

Membership Benefits
WC&C members are united in finding ways to advance the wall and ceiling industry as they improve our opportunities for success. Membership offers collective bargaining power for key issues in our industry, networking opportunities, legislative advocacy and professional development programs, in addition to mediation and arbitration of jurisdictional disputes.

Strong Relationships
Membership in the WC&C provides contractors and associations with a strong professional network and participation in the larger unionized construction industry through memberships in the BTEA, the STA and the NYBC.

Workforce Development, Networking, Advocacy and Labor-Management Support
WC&C members are automatically members of AWCI, whose members include large general contractors and construction managers. Association members can participate in networking, advocacy and workforce development opportunities provided by AWCI as well as by the Construction Industry Partnership, New York’s leading labor-management organization.

ANTITRUST FULL POLICY STATEMENT

Whereas it is the intent of the Association of Wall, Ceiling & Carpentry Industries of New York, Inc. ("WCC") as a trade association and members to operate and conduct business in a manner consistent with both the spirit and the letter of the antitrust laws, the WCC Board of Directors hereby adopts the following policy statement: The antitrust laws prohibit any agreement between two or more companies that results in an unreasonable restraint of trade. There is no safe harbor under the antitrust laws for trade association activities. Dealings among competitors that violate the federal antitrust laws still violate the law if done through trade associations. Violating these laws can result in criminal and civil penalties and reputational damage.

Included in activities and conduct that are forbidden under the antitrust laws are the following:

• Agreeing to fix or regulate prices, bids, margins or the conditions or terms of sale.

• Agreeing to participate in any form of complimentary, cover or convenience bidding.

• Agreeing to establish geographic trading areas, to allocate markets or customers, or not to bid on or pursue particular business or customers.

• Agreeing upon standardization of terms, such as credit, delivery costs, discounts or. promotions.

• Participating in any plan designed to control the means of transportation or channels through which product and supplies may be sold.

• Participating in any plan with others not to do business with particular parties or to exclude particular parties from the market. (Competitors may-entirely on their own choose with whom they will deal, but they should not discuss or agree with other competitors not to do business with particular suppliers, customers or other parties.)

This is, at best, only a general outline of some of the areas that pose antitrust dangers and that should be avoided during discussion at WCC meetings and events. Pricing and profit information and your intention to bid or pursue (or not bid or not pursue) particular business opportunities, or to enter or not enter a particular product or geographic market should not be discussed or exchanged among competitors. Each employee, officer, director, committee member and member of the WCC, if he or she is in any doubt whether a particular act or discussion may violate the spirit or any requirement of the antitrust laws, should seek immediate guidance and advice from WCC's General Counsel and/or the legal counsel of their own member company.

Privacy Policy For Our Website

We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

To provide and operate services for our events.
To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;
To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services;
To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

*Please Note

Our website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to provide our services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

When you register for events on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.

In accordance with the GDPR, site visitors have the right to access their data or "be forgotten"

(to be permanently deleted from our databases).

To have a copy of the data we have retained or to have your data "forgotten" (to be permanently deleted), simply email the association at association@wcc-ny.com and we will comply with your request within 1-2 business days.

We may contact you to notify you regarding your registrations, to troubleshoot problems with your registration, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.