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BUILDING JUSTICE means:
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A Living
Wage
No one
who works full time should live in poverty; that’s why many
city and county jurisdictions have enacted living wage laws
requiring public contractors to pay a “living wage” of at
least $11.80 per hour. That’s less than $25,000 per year!
Virginia’s booming industry in real estate construction and
development should be able to sustain a living wage for all
its workers.
BUILDING JUSTICE requires that every worker employed in
residential construction be paid a minimum of $11.80 per hour
– or its equivalent for workers paid by the piece. (Exceptions
may be made for registered apprentices participating in a
bona fide apprenticeship program in the state of
Virginia.)
·
Wages Paid
in Full and On Time
Every
year hundreds – probably thousands – of workers in our
industry are defrauded by employers who issue them checks that
are returned “insufficient funds” or simply refuse to pay them
at all. BUILDING JUSTICE requires that all construction
workers be paid in full and on time for services rendered.
·
Safe
Workplaces
Each year
dozens of workers are killed on Virginia’s construction sites,
many in avoidable accidents caused when pressure to produce
leads to cutting corners on safety practices. BUILDING
JUSTICE means eliminating
unnecessary hazards by adhering to all pertinent OSHA
regulations on the worksite.
·
Nondiscrimination
Everyone, whatever
their race, sex or nationality, is entitled to an equal
opportunity to succeed in the workplace. Unfortunately
discrimination and sexual harassment have not been entirely
eliminated from the construction industry. BUILDING JUSTICE
means zero tolerance for discrimination according to color,
creed, sex or national origin.
Building Justice is a Program
of ASTRACOR, the
Residential Construction Workers
Association (Asociacion
de
Trabajadores de Construcción Residencial).
For more information contact ASTRACOR at 703-212-8294 or
clayton@astracor.org |
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