Carpenters union rallies outside Framingham hotel where they say tax fraud occurred But for several weeks, he and 15 co-workers didn’t see a dime. The Connecticut-based company for which Valencia worked for held back payments to its workers, putting them in a financial bind. Valencia and his co-workers were eventually paid after bringing a case before the company, but it didn’t go without significant stress. “It was very difficult because we didn’t have money for rent or food,” said Valencia, who recently applied for a carpenters union apprentice program. More than 60 members of ...