Labor & Economic News Blog

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Labor chiefs in US shake heads at Gulf jobs
Nonunion workers shrug off suspension of pay law, pack bags. With billions of public, private, and insurance dollars pouring into the Gulf Coast, the massive rebuilding effort is expected to attract scores of contractors, carpenters, and electricians from around the country, all eager to find work. But in New England, a key decision by President Bush early in the rebuilding efforts has opened up a sharp division between union and nonunion tradesmen, with several union leaders saying that they will not be able to afford to work in New Orleans while their nonunion counterparts make preparations to go.

 



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