PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The head of the Pennsylvania Convention
Center says he would have preferred that all six unions who do work at the
Center signed on to new work rule changes, but two didn’t do it in time, and
they’re now excluded from the employee’s entrance.
Convention Center president and CEO John McNichol says the
new work rules make it easier for exhibitors to set up their booths.
“We have to show by example, and that means every customer,
one at a time, that the changes are meaningful.”
Neither Carpenters nor Teamsters met management’s deadline
to sign on to the new work rules for the center, so McNichol says they had no
choice but to seal deals with the other four unions that accepted the rules.
McNichol acknowledges that the Center has been losing repeat
business for conventions, conferences and trade shows.
“Past customers were complaining more about the hassle
factor,” McNichol says.
The new work rules allow exhibitors more freedom to set up
their booths – about double the present limit – without the union workers. They
can also use small hand-held power tools and step ladders to adjust items for
the first time.
Source: CBS
Philly
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