Unions Protesting Choppers' (OCC) Building

Times Herald-Record ^ | August 23, 2007

[CTSeditor]

Times Herald-Record
August 23, 2007
Montgomery — Orange County Choppers is building its new world headquarters "off the backs of the little people," or so claims Sam Fratto, a union business agent.

He is with Local 363 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Earlier this month, he posted a video about the labor dispute on YouTube, an online video forum.

"They got scabs building this place," he tells the camera, broadcasting in front of the OCC construction site off Route 17K in the Town of Newburgh. "This is hurting Orange County businesses and families, people who really work for a living, not just act like jackasses and make millions of dollars."

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The electrical workers, along with the Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters, say they don't care who's hired to build the Choppers' chrome kingdom, as long as the contractor pays what the union deems as fair, standard wages.

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[RJL]

Orange County Choppers is building its new world headquarters

LOL... Building a grand edifice to yourself is a usually a sure sign of coming bankruptcy.

[PeteB570]

$45 Hour plus benefits?

Thats $86,400 plus benefits per year for a carpenter.

Not hard to see why the contractor running straight union thugs got underbid.

[umgud]

Hey, ya live and work in a strong union area, you should expect this kind of crap.

[philled]

as long as the contractor pays what the union deems as fair, standard wages

I paid more to have a non-union electrician do an addition to my home. I interviewed and got two bids from electricians. Among the questions I asked: Bonded and Insured? Union? References? The successful bid was about 15% more but it was worth it to me...

[RoseofTexas]

Is this the motorcycle group from the show American Choppers? I LOVE that show! And I don’t know a thing about bikes either. Hehehehe, the Union thugs better not mess with Mr. America...he’s one big dude!

[vpintheak]

Piss off Commie Unions!

[Sterlis]

Funny - I’ve never heard the union types bitch about illegal contractors... What’s that about?

[maine-iac7]

LOL

I'm sure Daddy Paul, Paulie and Mikey are shaking in their boots -

[CE2949BB]

That’s some damn good money!

[samm1148]

“Hehehehe, the Union thugs better not mess with Mr. America...he’s one big dude!”

I can see it now: “Hey union dude, let me show you where you can put your #@%&$&^#@ sign.”

[ABN 505]

I know all about Union Thuggery. Even if we won a contract for a job we would have to take some of the union bozos on as “workers” just to make sure we were not sabotaged and to keep “accidents” to a minimum. As you would expect the work they did was minimal and don’t get in their way at the end of the day thats when The “Dead” would come back to life!

[BraveMan]

I noticed the douche bag on camera remained nameless . . .

Douche Bag maintains the Tutels are “sticking it to the little guy”. HAH! At $45 an hour for an effing carpenter, who exactly is the one doing the sticking here?

[farlander]

“as long as the contractor pays what the union deems as fair, standard wages.”

Erm... the free market determines what is fair. Not the commie union.

[Pajama Blogger]

Union Scum

[bray]

How NOT to be a Millionaire. Join a Union.
How to be a Millionaire. Run a Union.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[tubebender]

Are you a union goon man or a scab...

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Apparently their is an ample supply of capable men who think that the pay is fair, standard wages.