Groundbreak Carolinas

GroundBreak Carolinas

Your source for construction industry news in the Carolinas

Business

AFL-CIO Use Pressure Tactics with Charlotte City Council

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on

The Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas (ABC) today issued a Union Watch Alert on efforts by the AFL-CIO and the IBEW to pressure the Charlotte city council to establish a task force to study construction workers conditions.

On Monday, the two groups held a press conference at Charlotte City Government Center to urge the council to adopt union-friendly requirements and label merit shop contractors as unsafe, low paying and providing no worker benefits referencing a report called ‘Building a Better South‘.

(l to r): Charlotte City Council members Greg Phipps, Dimple Ajmera, Ed Driggs, Mayor Pro Tem Vi Lyles, LaWana Mayfield, Claire Fallon, Mayor Jennifer Roberts, James Mitchell, Patsy Kinsey, Al Austin, Julie Eiselt, Kenny Smith.

ABC is the one association solely dedicated to protecting the honor and dignity of the merit shop responded to the claims of the AFL-CIO and the IBEW.

“The Unions are in continual decline and are looking to expand their market share, not better the industry,” said Doug Carlson, ABC of the Carolinas President and CEO “The South continues to grow and build safely and on merit.”

With the recent push by the AFL-CIO and the IBEW, ABC is reminding members to be ever vigilant in dealing with union organizing with tools like the ABC Pocket Guide to Union Organizing and a Rapid Response Toolkit to Union Organizing to help construction industry employers deal with the most common questions and issues related to union organizing.

To obtain login information to access these tools, ABC members should email a request to academy@abc.org and include their name, company and ABC chapter. A representative will review your request and respond within one business day.