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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 ::
Philadelphia Inquirer - Nothing's too small for center turf fight The carpenters' union often acted aggressively to claim work there, an analysis indicates.
At midmorning on July 6, 2001, carpenters working at the Convention Center got word that a trade-show contractor in the building was allowing nonunion employees to fill thousands of balloons in preparation for an annual gathering of 8,000 Elks.
Their union leaders complained. The reason: Air pumps were in use, and, since air pumps are tools, that work belonged to carpenters.
The balloon dispute - it's not clear how it ended - typifies what amounts to aggressive actions to claim work by the carpenters' union, the largest trade working at the center, according to 89 labor-related incidents documented by Convention Center officials from 2000 through 2002.------------------------------------------- posted 6:55 PM :: reference link ::
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