anti-Federal Realty leaflets around Davis Square

[ron_newman]

Someone's been putting these on cars near me, as well as in my apartment building lobby. Anyone know more about the issues involved here? I'm guessing this has something to do with last week's fatal construction accident at Assembly Row.

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Profits Over People?
Income Inequality?
Somerville Deserves Better!

Federal Realty Investment Trust
has decided to
UNDERMINE SOMERVILLE'S COMMUNITY STANDARDS
on wages and benefits

ASSEMBLY ROW SOMERVILLE
Please call Don Briggs @ (617) 684-1500
And let him know our Community will not stand for
Federal Realty Investment Trust
To Choose Profits over People in Somerville!

Building and Construction Trades Council
of the Metropolitan District
#goodJOBsomerville #incomeINEQUALITY

Comments

[ron_newman]

Do you (or anyone else) know what agreement is being violated, or where to find the community standards in question?

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

"community standards" means "union labor only"; it's a standard codeword.

Clearly, the building trades unions and the unionized contractors are bent out of shape that there's a project that uses non-union workers, and they're attacking Fidelity Realty Investment Trust for financing the project.

[ron_newman]

Federal Realty. Fidelity has nothing to do with this project.

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

it's a standard codeword.

I may be unfair there -- I've never heard the term "community standards" used to mean anything other than "union labor", and as long as that's admitted by everyone, it's not a codeword.