ILLEGALS Taking Union Carpenters Jobs
Labor Practice Target of Brooks Landing Complaint
Bud Lowell

ROCHESTER, NY – Union carpenters in Rochester say work practices at the Brooks Landing project are taking jobs away from local labor — and contributed to a situation that brought illegal immigrants to the job site.

The construction site manager says that’s not the case, and most of the work on the publicly-supported project is going to local people.

Members of Carpenters Local 85 picketed the Brooks Landing site on the Genesee River Tuesday. One of them was Chuck Peaslee. He said subcontractors are hiring workers as “independent contractors,â€