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February 7, 2009

Union looking past the paycheck

Las Vegas Sun
Michael Mishak The Culinary Union in Las Vegas has the good sense to not roll over and play dead by signing a weak and unenforceable community benefits agreement:

The union’s larger proposal is that all future jobs — union and nonunion — be subject to living wages and include health insurance. The union says it’s a fair exchange for the subsidies a private developer will receive.

(The redevelopment deal calls for Las Vegas and Forest City Enterprises, the primary developer in the disputed downtown plan, to swap land and for Forest City to receive an annual tax subsidy valued at $3 million to $4 million.)

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Posted by amy at February 7, 2009 11:27 AM