Union efforts cost a community in Wisconsin a $50 million project and up to 800 jobs. Organized labor at work.
Economic director: Bill stalls large local project
By Leader-Telegram staff
Proposed federal labor legislation has derailed a large Eau Claire County development, according to a local economic development official.
The project - for which no name or description was given - would have brought a $50 million investment to Eau Claire County in the next five years, along with creating up to 800 full-time jobs, Brian Doudna, executive director of the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp., said in a news release Wednesday evening. Construction was expected to begin this year. The first employees were to begin work in early 2010, with about 100 new jobs being created.
The project has been placed on hold indefinitely because of the Employee Free Choice Act, federal legislation that would require binding arbitration to resolve contract disputes and make it easier for workers to join unions. The bill has been introduced in the House and Senate.
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