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Home  Random Extras Port's Gangway Project Raise Ire of Ironworkers Union
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Port's Gangway Project Raise Ire of Ironworkers Union |
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Written by Terelle Jerricks
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 |
On Dec. 23, Iron workers union demonstrated their displeasure with Swedish company FMT's decision to a build gangway for the cruise ship terminal without local workers, despite a local unemployment rate exceeding 12 percent.
FMT was contracted to design, manufacture, install and commission the gangway project back in November 2008. The gangways consist of four glass-enclosed walkways to travel between the terminal building and cruise ships. The $8.4 million project should be ready for passengers by February 2010.
According to Phillip Sanfield, a spokesman for the Port, the contract was a matter of procuring equipment rather than the building of infrastructure, which would have called for the project to abide by the Project Labor Agreement. This would have, among other things, stipulated that local workers be hired for infrastructure projects.
Sanfield explained further that the company was in compliance with all local, state and federal laws and that all of the workers were in compliance with all Visa and immigration requirements.
Tom Moxley, business agent for Iron workers Local 433, scoffs at the notion that the work was too specialized for local workers to handle.
Moxley said that workers employed by the project weren't wearing hard hats, long pants, or boots on the job until he informed port officials. Sanfield denied hearing of any such report.
Random Lengths was not able to independently verify this account before publication.
To resolve the issue, Moxley and FMT North America president Anders Frick were communicating to make arrangements for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to do the work and the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters to configure the project's hydraulics.
The Port is investing more than $42 million in long-term improvements to its Inner Harbor World Cruise Center, including a dockside conduit for shore-to-ship Alternative Maritime Power (“AMP,” or cold-ironing) and a new rooftop solar panel array; in addition to the gangway system and paint job. According to the Port, both the AMP and the World Cruise Terminal projects fall under the PLA.
After a September Harbor Commission meeting , Port Executive Director Dr. Geraldine Knatz, said, “Cruise operations at the Port provide more than 2,500 jobs and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism and other business revenue.” What workers certainly hope for is that every job available at the Port stays local.
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