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September 17, 2021

AGC says it's ‘perplexed' by carpenters' rejection

By BENJAMIN MINNICK
Journal Construction Editor

Photo from Northwest Carpenters Union [enlarge]
Carpenters walked the picket line on Thursday at the Vulcan Block 38 project, which GLY Construction is building in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.

A slew of union carpenters in Washington walked off the job yesterday after voting down a proposal on Saturday that would have given them a 20.4% raise in wages and benefits over four years. The contract with the Northwest Carpenters Union expired on Wednesday.


 
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