The reference in the flyer to the Building and Construction Trades Council is a reference to a pro-union trade group that collectively promotes the use of unionized trade workers in the building and construction sector.
From what I have read online about this, Federal Realty hired Callahan Construction to be the general project manager for the construction of one of the apartment buildings on Assembly Row. The local trade unions do not like Callahan, as they have a reputation of hiring non-union subcontractors on their projects. The various union groups were passing out flyers in March at Assembly Row in an effort to get people to call and pressure Federal Realty into requiring 100% union workers on the project. Federal Realty took the position that union trade workers would be used where economical, but that the entire project would not be union workers as it would be too expensive and it would drive rent prices up. As for the "community standards" referenced, no specific contract (as far as I can tell) has been violated here, but rather just that union trade workers were never given contracts (as they are typically not the lowest bidders). The union trade group's position seems to be that anything less than 100% union workers on this project is a violation of decency and community standards in general.
Apparently, Callahan Construction did retain a local ironworkers union to work on the project, but the union groups do not think that hiring one union trade is enough as they want all workers on the job to be from union trade groups. Here is an article that summarizes the history of this dispute. http://somerville.wickedlocal.com/article/20150529/NEWS/150526714#150526714/?Start=2&_suid=14346517072020737687936311061
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From what I have read online about this, Federal Realty hired Callahan Construction to be the general project manager for the construction of one of the apartment buildings on Assembly Row. The local trade unions do not like Callahan, as they have a reputation of hiring non-union subcontractors on their projects. The various union groups were passing out flyers in March at Assembly Row in an effort to get people to call and pressure Federal Realty into requiring 100% union workers on the project. Federal Realty took the position that union trade workers would be used where economical, but that the entire project would not be union workers as it would be too expensive and it would drive rent prices up. As for the "community standards" referenced, no specific contract (as far as I can tell) has been violated here, but rather just that union trade workers were never given contracts (as they are typically not the lowest bidders). The union trade group's position seems to be that anything less than 100% union workers on this project is a violation of decency and community standards in general.
Apparently, Callahan Construction did retain a local ironworkers union to work on the project, but the union groups do not think that hiring one union trade is enough as they want all workers on the job to be from union trade groups. Here is an article that summarizes the history of this dispute. http://somerville.wickedlocal.com/article/20150529/NEWS/150526714#150526714/?Start=2&_suid=14346517072020737687936311061