By Bob Parks ——Bio and Archives--March 17, 2009
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The stimulus package that has passed both houses of Congress is tilted toward union contractors, said the president of an association of nonunion builders. “Essentially, if you are not a unionized contractor, you need not apply” for construction jobs funded by the stimulus package, David Myers, president and CEO of the Western Colorado Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, said in a news release. An executive order signed by President Obama dovetails with the stimulus package by encouraging federal agencies to award construction projects under project-labor agreements. Those agreements, Myers said, require the agency to recognize unions, use the union hall to hire workers, pay union wages and benefits and obey union work rules.Couldn't this be considered one of the little things this "transparent" administration could've come right out and told the American people, instead of us finding it out ourselves on the back end. Not that I expected the stimulus to help us personally. I'm not union and I know I need not apply as that "change" doesn't apply either.
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Bob Parks is a is a member/writer of the National Advisory Council of Project 21. Bob’s websites are Black & Right and youtube.com/BlackAndRight