CTUL March Calls on Developers to Sign On to Package of Construction Worker Safeguards

MINNEAPOLIS — About 300 strong, members and supporters of worker center CTUL marched down Central Ave. September 12, part of a week of action calling on three developers — Solhem Companies, Yellow Tree, and United Properties — to sign on to a package of policies to curb widespread abuses of workers in the non-union sector of the local construction industry. CTUL’s proposed “Building Dignity & Respect Program” is supported by Minnesota’s building trades unions as an innovative way to protect vulnerable workers and halt a “race to the bottom” that undercuts responsible contractors.