Monday, July 19, 2010

Chicago Area Construction Strike: Long strike taking a toll on unions, contractors

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
The construction workers strike has been going on for almost three weeks now, and workers and contractors alike are feeling the pain.

"It's killing us," said Jay Javors, president of Midwest Property Group, whose company is building a high-rise at 210 N. Wells. "We're 10 days behind schedule."
There's more:
It also has repeatedly said that workers are paid as much as $66 an hour, counting benefits.
The Chicago area has a rather high unemployment rate , yet these unions don't want people working to compete with them.