I was initially excited to read the Jan. 2 Your View about the
Easton Da Vinci project. I had recently reviewed the scope of the
project and agree it will be a centerpiece for the community. Easton
deserves to see Da Vinci Science City delivered with the highest
quality, as designed, at or below budget. To meet this end, I feel all
options should available for its construction.
As president and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Eastern Pennsylvania, I witness our members completing large-scale projects by utilizing all the qualified contractors available to them. Stating union construction jobs will be created, as the article mentioned, immediately infers exclusion of highly qualified contractors that choose not to be signatory to a trade union.
As this project is brought to fruition, my hope is that a merit shop solution is utilized — a solution based on a philosophy that encourages open competition and a free-enterprise approach that awards contracts based solely on merit, regardless of labor affiliation. Merit shop is not union vs. nonunion. It's simply a way of doing business, built on free enterprise.
Joseph Perpiglia
The writer is president and CEO
of Associated Builders and
Contractors of Eastern Pennsylvania
Source: The
Morning Call
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