Philadelphia's construction trade unions are planning to step out in unison tomorrow in response to a 109-page analysis of the Pennsylvania Convention Center that labels the building's labor costs as a significant weakness in its operations.
The state-ordered report, released by the center's board of directors last week, also highlighted several management shortcomings, including some long vacant positions in key areas and annual operating deficits that exceed those at comparable convention centers.
Here is a copy of the news release about tomorrow's press conference, which is expected to include the business managers from each of the six trade unions that have worked in the Convention Center since the building's 1993 opening.
MEDIA ALERT
PHILADELPHIA BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE TO ASSAIL ONGOING MISMANAGEMENT AT CONVENTION CENTER
WHO: Patrick Gillespie, Business Manager, Philadelphia Building Trades; John J. Dougherty, Business Manager, IBEW Local 98; Ed Coryell; Business Manager, Carpenters Regional Council of Philadelphia & Vicinity; Ryan Boyer, Business Manager, Laborers District Council of Philadelphia & Vicinity; Sam Staten, Jr., Business Manager, Laborers Local 332; and other local labor leaders whose members work at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
WHAT: Press conference at which city labor leaders will discuss the continuing mismanagement at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and assail Convention Center management’s contention that a recent, state-ordered report laid the blame for the Center’s problems at the feet of the city’s labor unions.
WHEN: Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 2:30 pm
WHERE: Carpenters’ Union Hall
1803 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
CONTACT: Frank Keel at 484-410-4932
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blame it on the union greed at the top. unions are also connected to the mob in a lot of the cases.— BingoBongo
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- The Unions are the reason why our convention center fails. It takes five people to watch one guy do work, and you must pay for the six of them.— Don Cornelius
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- Say what you will, but you can thank the unions for your weekend.— Borkey
- I'll be sure of that when I'm paying 5 people prevailing wage to do the job of 2. Unions were a good idea in the early 1900's. Today they are just lazy and greedy. You want to know why the city is broke, look no further. — dr.anonymous,md
- You think maybe the Economy has something to do with lower earnings???— jerzeedivr
- Unions would not be necessary if employees felt that they were being treated fairly. I have been both a union and non union worker. And frankly work rules and conditions make it necessary for unions. Unfortunately because of GREED the non union employers have placed harsh (and in some cases illegal) working conditions and performance metrics on employees. At least with the union shops I had a sense that I could achieve what was being asked of me (mostly because the goals were devised by both those managing the business and those doing the work) but in the non union shops once you achieve a goal then they put in a "stretch goal". It is never enough for some folks and that is all driven by GREED. It is all about fairness folks!— Worker1
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There is too much selfishness and greed on both sides. Unions are often selfish. Those at the top are also incredibly selfish. There is no shortage of greed and selfishness, and that is why failure is assured.— jp8899
In nicer weather - last September - the Longshore Workers staged a march and threw Del Monte pineapples into the Delaware River. They also tried to shut down a WaWa store. This because they were on strike at the Philadelphia port to protest the wage package offered by Del Monte Food Company. In response Del Monte had taken their business elsewhere - Gloucester City, N.J.
Now why would a company pay $17 to $24.50 per hour as they were expected to do in Philadelphia when they can get away with $8.50 to $10 per hour somewhere else? You know the answer to that and you also know those Philadelphia workers are still out of work. It's only a matter of time until the union guys at the PA Convention Center are jobless as well. It's no coincidence that other Convention Centers are doing just fine, thank you.- Hown many people do you know who can provide for a family earning $8.50 an hour? What do you earn? Probably much more than that. Smack. — mike l
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