R George
Wowee, I must have been asleep at the switch? Just found it checking emails,
worth repeating.
Surprised Hilary didn't press more on Donald's bankruptcies and stiffing
vendors and regular
workers? Might change my mind voting for him as too selfish?
Stan
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From: R George <xgeorge@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wed, Oct 19, 2016 10:56 am
Subject: [sparkscoffee] If you HATE UNIONS then by all means - vote for TRUMP
Donald Trump has admitted before that when he has a choice between union
and nonunion labor for his construction projects, he'd go with nonunion
labor. Just how often was that? A new report from the Electrical Workers
(IBEW) reveals some figures about his dealings with IBEW contractors.
From the IBEW investigation:
A review of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's projects
reveals that he hires union when project labor agreements or dominant
market share forces him to. But more than 60% of his projects developed
outside New York City and Atlantic City—which includes most of his
recent projects—were built nonunion. When you exclude developments with
project labor agreements, that number jumps to nearly 80% built nonunion.
Except for his own house.
Trump has developed or licensed his name to eight projects in Florida,
for example. The only one using IBEW workers is his palatial home and
private club in Palm Beach. "For everything he sold to other people, he
went nonunion. But for his house, he went with us," said IBEW Local 728
Business Manager Dan Svetlick. Svetlick says it's something he's seen
with other billionaires like Trump. When it comes to their own homes or
the homes of their family members, "They want that to last," he said.
Here are 10 other key facts from the IBEW report:
1. According to analysis of lawsuits filed against him and his
companies, when union contractors were hired, Trump developed a
reputation for stiffing some, delaying payment to others and shorting
workers on overtime and even minimum wage.
2. USA Today found 60 lawsuits against Trump for not paying his bills on
time, including by a dishwasher in Florida, a New Jersey glass company,
a carpet supplier, plumber, painters, 48 waiters, dozens of bartenders
and a real estate broker.
3. Trump has been cited for 24 violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
4. Trump-associated properties and companies have filed for bankruptcy
often: Trump Taj Mahal (1991), Trump Plaza and Trump Marina (1993),
Trump World's Fair and Casino (1999), Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts
(2004) and Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009). In each of the
bankruptcies, unpaid contractors were sent to the back of the line for
repayment and often received only pennies on the dollar for what they
were owed.
5. Lawyers who represented Trump in lawsuits for non-payment sued Trump
for not paying them.
6. Since 1980, more than 200 mechanic's liens have been filed against
Trump properties for nonpayment.
7. According to former Trump Plaza President Jack O’Connell, Trump would
negotiate the best price he could, but when it came time to pay the
bills, Trump would say: "I'm going to pay you, but I'm going to pay you
75% of what we agreed to." It was known as the "Trump discount,"
according to The Wall Street Journal.
8. Trump continues to stonewall unionized casino and culinary employees
looking for their first contract at the Trump International Hotel in Las
Vegas.
9. Most of Trump's recent projects have been in anti-union and "right to
work" states. Where the law is different, his choices are different:
"For every union-built development outside of New York and Atlantic
City, Trump built nearly two nonunion, and if there is no PLA, Trump has
hired union workers once for every four projects that go nonunion."
10. Trump Tower, where he announced his presidential campaign, was built
on a site cleared by undocumented immigrant laborers from Poland. A
lawsuit was filed against Trump that dragged on for nearly two
decades—he didn't reach a settlement with the working people who did the
job until 19 years later. The U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York wrote: "No records were kept, no Social Security or
other taxes were withheld, and they were not paid in accordance with
wage laws. They were told they would be paid $4.00 or in some cases
$5.00 an hour for working 12-hour shifts seven days a week. In fact,
they were paid irregularly and incompletely, sometimes with [the
subcontractor’s] personal checks, which were returned by the bank for
insufficient funds." Employees complained to the press of working in
"choking clouds of asbestos dust without protective equipment." The
District Court concluded that Trump "knew the Polish workers were
working 'off the books,' that they were doing demolition work, that they
were nonunion, that they were paid substandard wages with no overtime
pay and that they were paid irregularly if at all."
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/When-Donald-Trump-Had-a-Choice-He-Chose-Nonunion-Labor-for-His-Construction-Projects-with-IBEW
