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Union Groups Call For Use of Local Workers on Project FLORIDA, NY — Chanting “local jobs for local people,” more than 50 union members from across the region rallied Monday to ask Beech-Nut and the Montgomery County Industrial Development Agency to hire union labor. The rally took place immediately preceding the latest town Planning Board meeting to discuss Beech-Nut’s permits to build in the Florida Business Park on Route 5S. Union members packed the parking lot and carried signs asking for IDA reform and asking Beech-Nut not to hire out-of-state workers. Speakers took to the podium and talked with union members about the importance of keeping contract jobs local. Union leaders had been organizing the rally since learning Beech-Nut awarded a construction contract to Buckner Steel in North Carolina. New York state is providing Beech-Nut with 4.5 million in funding for the project, causing many at the meeting to question the awarding of a contract for the project to an out-of-state company. Frank Natalie of the Schenectady Central Labor Council said the awarding of the contracts to Buckner would mean the loss of 2200 hours and around .1 million to local workers. Democrat Tracey Brooks, who is running for the 21st Congressional District seat being vacated by Michael mcnulty at the end of the year, said the IDA needs to pay attention to what’s going on in the local community more closely. She said it is a travesty it took a rally to attempt to get Beech-Nut and the IDA …

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Union Groups Call For Use of Local Workers on Project FLORIDA, NY — Chanting “local jobs for local people,” more than 50 union members from across the region rallied Monday to ask Beech-Nut and the Montgomery County Industrial Development Agency to hire union labor. The rally took place immediately preceding the latest town Planning Board meeting to discuss Beech-Nut’s permits to build in the Florida Business Park on Route 5S. Union members packed the parking lot and carried signs asking for IDA reform and asking Beech-Nut not to hire out-of-state workers. Speakers took to the podium and talked with union members about the importance of keeping contract jobs local. Union leaders had been organizing the rally since learning Beech-Nut awarded a construction contract to Buckner Steel in North Carolina. New York state is providing Beech-Nut with 4.5 million in funding for the project, causing many at the meeting to question the awarding of a contract for the project to an out-of-state company. Frank Natalie of the Schenectady Central Labor Council said the awarding of the contracts to Buckner would mean the loss of 2200 hours and around .1 million to local workers. Democrat Tracey Brooks, who is running for the 21st Congressional District seat being vacated by Michael mcnulty at the end of the year, said the IDA needs to pay attention to what’s going on in the local community more closely. She said it is a travesty it took a rally to attempt to get Beech-Nut and the IDA …

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Union Groups Call For Use of Local Workers on Project FLORIDA, NY — Chanting “local jobs for local people,” more than 50 union members from across the region rallied Monday to ask Beech-Nut and the Montgomery County Industrial Development Agency to hire union labor. The rally took place immediately preceding the latest town Planning Board meeting to discuss Beech-Nut’s permits to build in the Florida Business Park on Route 5S. Union members packed the parking lot and carried signs asking for IDA reform and asking Beech-Nut not to hire out-of-state workers. Speakers took to the podium and talked with union members about the importance of keeping contract jobs local. Union leaders had been organizing the rally since learning Beech-Nut awarded a construction contract to Buckner Steel in North Carolina. New York state is providing Beech-Nut with 4.5 million in funding for the project, causing many at the meeting to question the awarding of a contract for the project to an out-of-state company. Frank Natalie of the Schenectady Central Labor Council said the awarding of the contracts to Buckner would mean the loss of 2200 hours and around .1 million to local workers. Democrat Tracey Brooks, who is running for the 21st Congressional District seat being vacated by Michael mcnulty at the end of the year, said the IDA needs to pay attention to what’s going on in the local community more closely. She said it is a travesty it took a rally to attempt to get Beech-Nut and the IDA …

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Union Groups Call For Use of Local Workers on Project FLORIDA, NY — Chanting “local jobs for local people,” more than 50 union members from across the region rallied Monday to ask Beech-Nut and the Montgomery County Industrial Development Agency to hire union labor. The rally took place immediately preceding the latest town Planning Board meeting to discuss Beech-Nut’s permits to build in the Florida Business Park on Route 5S. Union members packed the parking lot and carried signs asking for IDA reform and asking Beech-Nut not to hire out-of-state workers. Speakers took to the podium and talked with union members about the importance of keeping contract jobs local. Union leaders had been organizing the rally since learning Beech-Nut awarded a construction contract to Buckner Steel in North Carolina. New York state is providing Beech-Nut with 4.5 million in funding for the project, causing many at the meeting to question the awarding of a contract for the project to an out-of-state company. Frank Natalie of the Schenectady Central Labor Council said the awarding of the contracts to Buckner would mean the loss of 2200 hours and around .1 million to local workers. Democrat Tracey Brooks, who is running for the 21st Congressional District seat being vacated by Michael mcnulty at the end of the year, said the IDA needs to pay attention to what’s going on in the local community more closely. She said it is a travesty it took a rally to attempt to get Beech-Nut and the IDA …

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