Friday, July 11, 2014

Carpenters union members picket Pennsylvania Convention Center




Accompanied by a giant bejeweled inflatable "fat cat," squeezing a slightly deflated American construction worker, about 100 union carpenters picketed outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center Friday morning.

Joined by a few union Teamsters, the carpenters, members of the Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters, were protesting their ousting from work at the center.

The two unions did not sign a customer satisfaction agreement by a May 5 deadline imposed by the center's management, but signed it a few days later.

General foreman and union steward James Hocker, of Williamstown, said he had worked at the center for 14 years, the last three or four steadily and hoped to return to work there soon.

Source: Philly.com

No comments:

Post a Comment