picket lines at construction sites - how do they work?
April 17, 2015 9:51 AM Subscribe
The construction site next to my house has been picketed by the carpenters' union. As a direct result of the construction I may need to get some work done on my house, and would like to know more about how this could go. This is in Philadelphia.
Condos are being built next to my row house by non-union crews. Earlier this week the carpenters union started picketing. The way the site works they are on my sidewalk because it is the only place to stand. That's fine, I've talked to them and everything is friendly. Yesterday they left in the morning when they thought the contractors weren't coming, and I didn't see them this morning. The contractor is using a back entrance to the site now.
Meanwhile underpinning of my house by the contractors has gone poorly and damaged my wall framing. I am considering getting a contractor to do the necessary repairs rather than continue to go through the developer. This work would take place on the developer's property but be done to my house.
My question is how this might interact with the picketing. As a possible complication, I am in a union myself, but a white-collar one.
Condos are being built next to my row house by non-union crews. Earlier this week the carpenters union started picketing. The way the site works they are on my sidewalk because it is the only place to stand. That's fine, I've talked to them and everything is friendly. Yesterday they left in the morning when they thought the contractors weren't coming, and I didn't see them this morning. The contractor is using a back entrance to the site now.
Meanwhile underpinning of my house by the contractors has gone poorly and damaged my wall framing. I am considering getting a contractor to do the necessary repairs rather than continue to go through the developer. This work would take place on the developer's property but be done to my house.
My question is how this might interact with the picketing. As a possible complication, I am in a union myself, but a white-collar one.
Response by poster: General info about construction picketing also welcome.
posted by sepviva at 12:01 PM on April 17, 2015
posted by sepviva at 12:01 PM on April 17, 2015
Unless your house is in danger of immediate structural damage rendering it unfit to live in then you could wait until after the next-door project is complete. Document any and all damage because you will have to make a claim against the developer for any work that you need to take to fix the problems. When you have repairs done, obviously go with a company using union labor so that the developer will end up paying them whether he likes it or not.
posted by JJ86 at 12:36 PM on April 17, 2015
posted by JJ86 at 12:36 PM on April 17, 2015
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posted by LonnieK at 10:37 AM on April 17, 2015 [3 favorites]