Union carpenters shut out of work at the Pennsylvania Convention Center picketed the facility Friday and said they will protest every day next week when the National Association of Letter Carriers union (NALC) holds its convention.
The protest will put unionized letter carriers in the position of deciding whether to cross a picket line to attend convention sessions.
However, despite overtures from the Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters, the letter carriers union declined to cancel their convention – one of the city’s largest this year, with an expected economic impact of $24.8 million.
“It was unfortunate what happened with the carpenters,” said James Sauber, chief of staff for NALC.
But, he said, with 12,000 letter carriers and family members expected to attend the convention, arrangements were made long before the carpenters’ troubles with the Convention Center came to a head when they did not sign a new customer-satisfaction agreement by a May 5 deadline.
Carpenters to picket letter-carriers’ convention
I would get a sign from the carpenters and join them. There are more important things than listening to politicians who shouldn’t cross the line either. Sounds like the NALC had the opportunity to change locations and chose to ignore two unions. Hope they don’t need these unions to help in their causes.