http://gangbox.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/fighting-for-carpenters-rights-in-salem-oregonpacific-northwest-regional-council-of-carpenters-leafletting-and-informational-picketing-scab-jobsites-around-the-state-capital/ Posted in Uncategorized by gangbox on the January 17, 2009
from the SALEM
STATESMAN JOURNAL:
January 17, 2009
Union effort brings protest
Chamber wants end to tactics used against company
By Ruth Liao
Statesman Journal
A carpenters union’s campaign to boost wages has led to public demonstrations at a few job sites in Salem.
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, which represents union carpenter members, has targeted local drywall business Fulgaro Interior and a subcontractor that worked on a project at Willamette University.
Michael Fulgaro said the union approached his company a year ago and asked if he wanted to become a union contractor, but the company declined.
“We felt it wasn’t a good business decision,” Fulgaro said. “We felt it would force our costs to go up, in a tough economic climate as is.”
From then on, the carpenters union began contacting job sites and customers of Fulgaro, who is normally employed as a subcontractor. The union issued letters, distributed fliers at job sites and threatened to picket.
Ben Basom, a representative with Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, said Fulgaro’s company does not meet labor area standards regarding wage and benefits.
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