Developer decides to use 100 percent union labor for Downtown project (link added)

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http://www.dailycal.org/2014/11/10/developer-decides-use-100-union-labor-downtown-project/

BY SUHAUNA HUSSAIN

The developer of a proposed 17-story mixed-use project in Downtown Berkeley recently announced its decision to use 100 percent union labor in the project’s construction.

Project developer HSR Berkeley Investments signed an agreement several weeks ago with the Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County, which represents the county’s 28 labor unions, to use union labor. The project, called the Residences at Berkeley Plaza, will be located at 2211 Harold Way.

Robert Stoker, president of the council, said that it is a “win-win” situation when both labor unions and developers come together and do something for the community.

Stoker said it is important that construction workers make livable wages. The project will employ roughly 300 skilled workers, who will earn $65 per hour on average, and take about three years for completion, he said.

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