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Ordinance Banning Union-Only PLAs Gets Huge Media Coverage!
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| Nov 24, 2009 |
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What a day! Yesterday the unveiling of our Competition and Transparency in City Contracts San Diego City Charter Amendment went off better than we could have hoped. With more than 40 merit shop workers, owners, and association representatives present the event was covered by 12 different media outlets. View the entire press conference by typing in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9tqRAGlmXg.
Surrounded by members of Associated General Contractors of San Diego (Chapter and Apprenticeship and Training Trust), Associated Builders and Contractors of San Diego (Chapter and Apprenticeship Training Trust), the Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA), the Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction (CFEC), the National Association of Minority Contractors, and the San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce, San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio explained why we were bringing this issue before voters on the November 2010 ballot. From bringing openness and transparency back to City contracts to ending Big Labor's stranglehold on a City they have single handedly placed on the door step of bankruptcy, this amendment is a shot across the bow of all those who put taxpayers and accountability second to back room deals and payoffs to Big Labor special interests.
For the merit shop this charter amendment will also ban any labor agreements that force workers to pay union dues or pay into union benefit programs as a condition of employment. It's a win-win for everyone (except Big Labor bosses who now have another front to fight on).
Speakers at the event were Laura Nelson of Cass Construction representing ABC of San Diego, Scott Brady of Brady Companies/San Diego representing AGC of San Diego, Donell Johnson of Johnson Maintenance and Janitorial Service representing the National Association of Minority Contractors, and James Ray of Brady Company/San Diego speaking on behalf of the merit shop apprentices.
Below are links to the media coverage of the event. As you will see we were on message while Big Labor fell somewhere in between incoherent and emotionally distraught. With polls putting this issue at over 70% Big Labor has a big job ahead of them in coming up with a message, any message, that can turn this common sense issue into something akin to the plague. God knows they'll try.
San Diego News Network (Best Coverage)
(http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-11-23/politics-city-county-government/councilman-demaio-presses-forward-with-managed-competition#ixzz0XkS0vxJt)
San Diego Union Tribune (Make sure to comment at end of story!)
(http://signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/24/campaign-targets-city-labor-guarantees/)
San Diego Daily Transcript
(http://www.sddt.com/Construction/article.cfm?SourceCode=20091123czg)
Voice of San Diego
(http://voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/11/24/this_just_in/976laborfolo112309.txt)
Voice of San Diego II
(http://voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/11/24/this_just_in/977managedcomp112309.txt)
BNA (influential construction media) will run story Friday
KUSI and Channel 10 covered the story on their evening broadcasts but we are not able to view clip online at this time.
To view pictures of the event go HERE (http://www.opencompca.com/index.cfm/photos.htm) and to view the whole (3-part) event on YouTube go HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9tqRAGlmXg).
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