Basically a project agreement says that the unions will not cause trouble if contractors only use union labor and eliminate open-shop competitors, even though they may be substantially cheaper. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Union salaries are usually not the problem between the cost of union and open-shop labor. ❋ Unknown (2011)
'You can see the political shift going to more Northeastern or Western constituencies, where unions do have more of a foothold than the more open-shop policies and labor laws of Southern regions,' says Todd Shaw, a political scientist at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"You can see the political shift going to more Northeastern or Western constituencies, where unions do have more of a foothold than the more open-shop policies and labor laws of Southern regions," says Todd Shaw, a political scientist at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. ' ❋ Unknown (2008)
So began the Everett Massacre of 1916, in which a shipload of Wobblies on their way to contest the right of free speech in a Washington lumber town were shot down by several hundred gunmen, scabs, militiamen, ex-policemen, 'and other open-shop supporters.' ❋ Sigal, Clancy (1965)
List of Words and Phrases open-shop, 137 open up, vp., ❋ Unknown (1921)
And closed-shop, in England, means what an American calls an open-shop! ❋ Henry Louis (1921)
Had I lived long enough, the shops would have been open-shop. ❋ Harold MacGrath (1901)
Union, they valiantly fought the "open-shop" idea! ❋ Marjorie Benton Cooke (1898)
I suspect he believes some of the 12 bidders for the IUPUI parking garage or the Ivy Tech parking garage would have submitted bids had the project not been protected from open-shop labor. ❋ Unknown (2010)
When all bidding contractors are qualified to build a commercial project, union contractors are just as capable as open-shop contractors and vice-versa. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Union labor gives no more security or guarantees for a project schedule, budget or quality than open-shop labor, as argued by PLA proponents. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The organization says PLAs discriminate against open-shop contractors who live and work in the project area.
"This contractor regularly uses open-shop subcontractors," said John Shalvey, the president of IBEW Chapter 99. ❋ Unknown (2008)
