As the Prince George’s County school system prepares to build six new schools in three years under a public-private partnership, questions surround who’s building the schools and how workers are being compensated.
Lanham-based DC Plumbers Local 5 is one of many trades asking the Prince George’s County Council to hire union on construction projects.
“We’re not advocating so much for the union workers; we’re advocating for workers, period,” said T Smalls, who represents the union.
New majority on the Council is requesting a labor project agreement ensuring a percentage of county workers are hired and that the construction jobs are union.
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