Proponents of the Army Corps of Engineer’s channel deepening project claim opposition by local politicians is self-serving, a betrayal of their constituents’ best interests, anti-business and anti-labor. By Lee Williams (Note: this story can also be found in CRI’s Special Report section.) The Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Delaware River since the [...]
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Dredging: Political grandstanding, ‘hoax’ lawsuits and more
Posted in Delaware, Economy, Government Spending, Jobs, Markell, State Spending, Unemployment, Unions, Wilmington on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mayor Baker Announces Layoffs of City Employees
Posted in Unions, tagged Mayor Baker, Wilmington on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a press release sent out on April 23, Wilmington Mayor Jim Baker initiated a plan to layoff approximately 75 unionized city employees. The plan comes in response to the government employees union’s rejection of pay/benefit reductions proposed by Mayor Baker. From the release, “Wilmington Mayor James M. Baker today directed Chief of Staff William [...]
