Registry of Lobbyists
Version 5 of 6 (1999-02-19 to 1999-09-13) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.
| Organization: |
OPERATIVE PLASTERERS & CEMENT MASONS INTERNATIONAL ASS. OF THE UNITED STATES & CANADA (OPCMIA)
300 - 14405 LAUREL PLACE LAUREL, MD 20707 United States of America |
| Telephone number: | 301-470-4200 |
| Fax number: | 301-470-2502 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | MICHAEL GANNON, INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF JURISDICT |
| Description of the organization's activities: | INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADE UNION. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION UNION REPRESENTING THE FOLLOWING PRIMARY CLASSIFICATIONS: PLASTERER, CEMENT MASON, SHOPHANDS. THE ABOVE INCLUDE A VARIETY OF RELATED SUB-CLASSIFICATIONS THAT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: DRYWALL TAPERS, FIREPROOFERS, RESTORATION MASONS ETC. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE WE ALSO REPRESENT ASSOCIATED MEMBERS THAT INCLUDE ANY GROUP SEEKING REPRESENTATION WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO THE TRADES. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | CARMEN BARRASSO |
| Position title: | INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | CARLOS CATARINO |
| Position title: | INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | JOHN DOUGHERY |
| Position title: | GENERAL PRESIDENT |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | PATRICK FINLEY |
| Position title: | GENERAL SECRETARY-TREASURER |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | DEL FRENCH |
| Position title: | VICE PRESIDENT |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | MICHAEL GANNON |
| Position title: | INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF JURISDICTION |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | MARY THOMPSON |
| Position title: | INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE/CANADIAN CONSULTANT |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Pension Appeals Board (PAB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) |
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format |
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Mining, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Sports, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation |
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | MEETINGS WITH HRDC RE: ACTIVITIES OF IAS COMMITTEE. THE OPERATIVE PLASTERERS' AND CEMENT MASONS' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE OPCMIA) IS AN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION TRADE UNION REPRESENTING PLASTERERS, CEMENT MASONS AND SHOPHANDS AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED MEMBERS THAT SEEK THE ADVANTAGE OF AN ORGANIZED WORK FORCE. THE OPCMIA REPRESENTS ITS MEMBERS ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND LOBBYING GOVERMENTS FOR FUNDING OR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE WHICH IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR MEMBERSHIP. |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | MEETINGS WITH HRDC RE: ACTIVITIES OF IAS COMMITTEE. THE OPERATIVE PLASTERERS' AND CEMENT MASONS' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE OPCMIA) IS AN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION TRADE UNION REPRESENTING PLASTERERS, CEMENT MASONS AND SHOPHANDS AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED MEMBERS THAT SEEK THE ADVANTAGE OF AN ORGANIZED WORK FORCE. THE OPCMIA REPRESENTS ITS MEMBERS ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND LOBBYING GOVERMENTS FOR FUNDING OR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE WHICH IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR MEMBERSHIP. |