Next hurdle for new KCI is union, minority hiring for construction work
Plans for the new single terminal at Kansas City International Airport have rekindled tensions between two groups with a long and unhappy history: construction trade unions and the city’s minority community.
Labor is pushing Edgemoor, the Maryland developer selected by the city to lead the $1 billion project, for an agreement to use only unionized workers on the job.
The company maintains that such a pact would make it impossible to meet its pledge to the city of a 35 percent participation rate at the site for minority and women-owned firms.
“What we want is a labor harmony agreement that still allows us to reach our goals,” said Edgemoor managing director Geoffrey Stricker.
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