By Phillylabor.com
– Although each situation involving accusations of alleged abuses of workers’ rights, wages and standards is unique in its own right, disputes between organized labor and non-union contractors/developers are nothing new on the streets of Philadelphia. A hypothetical scenario of a typical labor dispute may include labor leaders confronting a situation, an initial meeting with the contractor, a brief negotiation, a possible protest, continued negotiations, etc., after all of which a fair resolution of the situation does or does not occur and it plays itself out from there. You rarely ever hear about the situation again, at least not out in public.
However, a recent dispute between Philadelphia area unions and developer Post Brothers has taken things to a whole new level of prime time visibility, causing echoes of strife that have even spawned interest from filmmakers who have gone as far as to make it the subject of a new controversial documentary that is quickly becoming all the rage throughout Philadelphia and beyond.
The new documentary video, called “Deconstructing Post Brothers,” was recently released by 9.14 Pictures (producers of the award winning film “Art of the Steal”), featuring shocking footage of a center city construction site that has been at the heart of one of the most controversial labor disputes in recent Philadelphia memory between area labor unions and its developer, Post Brothers.
The documentary includes in-depth interviews with Philadelphia area union leaders John J. Dougherty, Business Manager of IBEW #98, and Patrick Gillespie, Business Manager of the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, as well as political officials including Congressman Bob Brady, City Councilman Mark Squilla and City Councilman James Kenney, etc., each offering their sentiments about the conditions surrounding the project that have caused such outrage.
The creation of a website (http://deconstructingpostbrothers.com/) and related social media pages have also accompanied the documentary.
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