Privacy Policy

We collect and maintain non-public personal information in order to:

• Inform you of service availability;
• Inform you of industry trends and news;
• Facilitate normal business transactions.

We do not automatically gather any personal information from you unless you supply it voluntarily, usually through contacting us via email or through our contact forms.

We do not offer, or allow the selling of, any user-provided information to third parties.

Information is shared with affiliated sister companies and with non-affiliated third parties only when those parties are acting on our behalf, or as required or permitted by law. These companies are legally obligated to maintain the confidentiality of the information we provide to them and are restricted from using this information for any reason other than what is specified in the agreement.

We offer our users the option to receive information about Local 18, related information and services, newsletters, and emails. Users can choose not to receive these communications at any time.

For our internal purposes, we gather date, time, browser type, navigation history, and IP addresses of all visitors to our site. This information does not contain anything that can identify users personally. We use this information for our internal security audit log, trend analysis, and system administration, and to gather broad demographic information about our user base for aggregate use.

We employ physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect personal information about you.

Your information is only maintained in our systems long enough to satisfy our mutual business requirements or to meet any legal obligations.

If you wish to have access or make changes to your personal information you can contact Local 18.

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 18, or “Local 18” as it is commonly known, is a multi-craft union whose members are engaged in the fabrication, installation, and servicing of various systems.

This policy applies to Local 18 and is intended to explain how Local 18 uses social media in support of its mandate and communication needs. It also outlines Local 18’s approach to participating in social media. Local 18 uses social media to help inform its membership and the public about its activities, programs, and services. Local 18 will do its best to respond to social media posts mentioning or addressing Local 18.

This social media policy is designed to allow all users to share their opinions and ideas. Disagreements and constructive arguments are part of the discussion; however, abusive, intolerant, or insulting comments will not be tolerated and will be removed by Local 18. By choosing to submit a comment to one of Local 18’s online websites or social media websites, you are indicating that you accept our terms of use.

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 18, or “Local 18” as it is commonly known, is a multi-craft union whose members are engaged in the fabrication, installation, and servicing of various systems.

This policy applies to Local 18 and is intended to explain how Local 18 uses social media in support of its mandate and communication needs. It also outlines Local 18’s approach to participating in social media. Local 18 uses social media to help inform its membership and the public about its activities, programs, and services. Local 18 will do its best to respond to social media posts mentioning or addressing Local 18.

This social media policy is designed to allow all users to share their opinions and ideas. Disagreements and constructive arguments are part of the discussion; however, abusive, intolerant, or insulting comments will not be tolerated and will be removed by Local 18. By choosing to submit a comment to one of Local 18’s online websites or social media websites, you are indicating that you accept our terms of use.

Accordingly, we reserve the right to remove comments that are:

• racist, hateful, sexist, homophobic, slanderous;
• insulting or involve questionable conduct in regards to a person;
• aggressive, rude, coarse, violent, obscene, profane or pornographic in nature;
• offensive or abusive to an individual or organization;
• used for advertising or promotional purposes;
• repetitive or spamming threads;
• not directly related to the discussion thread.

As a final matter, members and other users should be aware that the names, logos, websites, and other publications of Local 18 constitute the intellectual property of Local 18. Local 18 reserves the right to take action to the extent allowable by law to combat the unauthorized use of its intellectual property, including representations or suggestions by an individual that the individual’s views are, or reflect, the views of Local 18, or that an individual’s online or social media website is sanctioned or affiliated in some way with Local 18. Violations of this paragraph can be prevented by requesting the authorization of Local 18 before using its intellectual property and by making clear in discussions and on personal websites relating to Local 18 that you are sharing your personal views and are not speaking on behalf of Local 18.