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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Sunday, August 08, 2004 ::
'Chain gang' working at the Capitol By Jody Genessy, Deseret News, UT
UCI, operating under the Preservation Board during this project, treats the prisoners like real employees. They have to sign contracts, and they can be fired for doing something as seemingly minor as making an unauthorized phone call.
And they're putting in a yeoman's effort at the Capitol. Since spring, Wilmot said, the inmates have combined to put in 15,000 man hours doing demolition work, asbestos abatement and relocating offices. The savings are "substantial," Wilmot said, adding that his crews can lower the overall price from a third to 50 percent. (They can work only on government projects; nothing in the private sector.)
The biggest cost reduction comes from wage savings.------------------------------------------- posted 7:22 AM :: reference link ::
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