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Washington D.C. Employment Act Would Create Project Labor Agreements Putting District Residents To Work – 02/03/10

Submitted by Doug Cunningham on February 2, 2010 - 4:08pm
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By Doug Cunningham

In Washington D.C., a local employment stimulus bill was introduced in the D.C. city council Tuesday. The DC Employment Act would require government-assisted projects to hire a substantial number of D.C. residents. It’s backed by the construction trade unions and could pass as soon as April. Jim Lowery is Business Agent with International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 10.

[Lowery]: “We’re trin’ to get a project labor agreement for everything being built with D.C. money to try to get some of the D.C. residents to work. There’s a large unemployment in Washington.”