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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, May 10, 2004 ::
The welcoming party at McCormick Place BY ROBERT HERGUTH, TIM NOVAK AND STEVE WARMBIR, Chicago Sun Times
McPier's current chief, Leticia Peralta Davis, said the agency has no control over who is hired by the companies that set up the trade shows. But she said Mayor Daley and Gov. Blagojevich are pushing for more labor reforms at McCormick Place so Chicago remains the convention king.
Riggers typically are paid $24.15 an hour to move large machines or items. Becoming a rigger and getting steady work can require clout or connections, critics say. The convention center is the biggest source of jobs, but riggers also work at Rosemont's convention center and at hotels. They even moved the presses at the Sun-Times' new printing plant.
Of course, many of the 350 members of the riggers union are hard workers with clean pasts, union members emphasize, calling the rogues a few bad eggs. Thousands more people are hired as riggers temporarily under permits.
McCormick Place itself has a history of corruption that goes well beyond the riggers union.------------------------------------------- posted 6:52 AM :: reference link ::
