America the beautiful, land of opportunity. We all cherish that thought, but how do you right-size (especially a union or a government) when economies change and there is a paradigm shift?
It’s not easy, and it only happens as the competitive marketplace ultimately dictates. That’s our system and that will always be our system.
In the Big Apple, there has been a big blow to what had been the long-standing mission of the Building Trades Employers Association (BTEA). What was known for years as the New York Plan is no longer in place and starting January 1st, general contractors that still belong to the BTEA are allowed to take open-shop pricing as well union pricing.
从本质上讲,总承包商将吃饭two subcontractor buffet lines.
所有未根据项目劳动协议（PLA）建造的纽约市地区建设均可以较低的价格建立。纽约大型建筑物将开始建造开放式商店；我们在这里从蓝色到红色状态。
来自爱达荷州的开放式承包商可以进来并开始在这里工作，而我们仍然受旧合同的约束。
Will there be fights in the streets over who performs the work as the skyscrapers rise?
Zuccotti公园的机会主义者会议会加入竞争吗？
As union contractors,withthe business proposition changing, what will our world look like?
我们的大城市工资效益系统不合时宜，需要进行正确的尺寸。我最近与费城木匠联盟的培训小组进行了交谈，该设施和他们的领导才给我留下了深刻的印象。
随着纽约木匠每小时的价格约为100美元，他们会像底特律汽车公司一样吗？
And how is it that a Philadelphia carpenter is $40 cheaper than the New York City carpenter?
他/她肯定在价值范围内的某些任务上同样有能力！我说保护工资，并确保利益可以通过医疗保健保持养老金完整，但别无其他。还有更多，系统再也负担不起（还记得范式转移吗？）。
We still have the best workforce, but it’s just too darn expensive. To an Owner, for whom we really all work, we and our workers are just another piece of data on a spreadsheet.
