Daily News: union workers pushing Barclays Center to set up stable schedules so they can get insurance
A scoop for Albor Ruiz in the New York Daily News, Ruiz: Barclays Center workers campaign for company to fulfill steady employment, health insurance promises , points out--as I have long noted--that saying jobs go to local residents don't mean they are good jobs: Yet three years later, although many of the jobs at Barclays have gone to local residents, they are not the kind that can support these families as originally promised. Not surprisingly, the workers are starting a campaign this week to get Barclays to fulfill its promises. The affected workers are those whose jobs are related to center events. These include ushers, ticket takers and guards and those who set up the floors for events. According to the union, Barclays has made a blatant end run around the intention of the contract signed in 2012. Barclays denies it. Note that I don't think they promised all or most of the jobs could "support" families. They just claimed they were good jobs, fudging the is...