The locals were forcibly merged into a new affiliate, Local 803, which was in turn supervised from McCarron's Los Angeles offices. In 1992, carpenters' international union president Sigurd Lucassen and McCarron ordered a snap one-day election to select new Local 803 leaders. Nominations and the election were held on the same night.
The regional groups were merged into a new subsidiary, Local 803, which was overseen from McCarron's Los Angeles headquarters. In 1992, the international president of the carpenters' union and McCarron called for an emergency one-day election to choose new leaders for Local 803. The nominations and election took place on the same evening.