Court Turns Down Challenge to Schools’ Labor Pact
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Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 6:05 pm | Updated: 8:27 pm, Wed May 18, 2011.
I just got a copy of a legal decision that rejects a lawsuit against a labor pact on San Diego Unified school construction.
An appeals court found that the labor agreement didn't violate California laws about apprenticeships, as the San Diego chapter of the Associated General Contractors had argued in its suit last year.
The labor pact was deeply controversial when the school board agreed to it nearly two years ago. Such agreements typically involve a tit-for-tat in which a public agency sets rules on bidding, such as hiring workers through union halls, in exchange for unions promising not to strike.
The San Diego Unified pact requires employers to provide healthcare largely through