07-25-2017, 04:17 PM
(07-25-2017, 01:35 PM)MacBerry Wrote:(07-21-2017, 05:49 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: The important point is that only unionized carpenters can work on municipal construction projects, so anyone wanting to bid on the Hub would have to be prepared to use unionized carpenters for the whole thing (and I would think that since there's expectation of a significant office/residential portion, that would not be an inconsequential portion of the work). I don't pretend to know whether most/some/any jobs around here are done with or not with unionized carpenters, mind you.
This is not just a reply to #Viewfromthe42 but for ALL who post in this thread, who have rushed to judgement seeing unions as the scourge of the earth related to the Transit Hub.
I’m not sure who specifically you mean to address, but I for one am not in general anti-union, just anti-absurd-rules-like-the-one-that-says-that-two-guys-on-a-weekend-can-permanently-affect-the-entire-Region’s-procurement-for-the-foreseeable-future. I’m also opposed to unreasonable opinions wherever they arise, to the extent that I’ve been known to revise my own unreasonable opinions from time to time. As a result, I sometimes sound like a government-basher, a big-business-basher, a small-business-basher, a union-basher, and so on. But I’m actually not.
Having said all that, I now have the impression that the transit hub may not be a case where the issue I mentioned is relevant, so maybe I spoke up too early.