About a dozen protestors donning fluorescent green vests and white picket signs circled outside Headington Hall today to protest a company participating in on-campus construction.
Protestors were with Carpenters Local Union No. 329 in Oklahoma City, a group that protests for fair wages for workers, representatives said.
The construction company Green Country Interiors does not provide standard wages for its employees, including no health-care benefits or pension packages, said a representative who identified himself as Lester. The union is currently in legal disputes with the company.
The union has also been to sites in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and this is its first time in Norman, Lester said.
Construction began on Headington Hall, the new residence hall at Jenkins and Lindsey streets, in spring 2011. In March 2011, the Regents approved Flintco to manage and contract construction of the site, according to minutes.
Workers were not part of the construction project on the hall, Lester said.
The protestors represent a union issue, not a protest against the project or the selected contractors, OU spokesman Michael Nash said.
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specialk 3 months, 1 week ago
Everyone deserves a fair wage for their work but these people are media whores. If they were truly concerned about the wages they would have stayed longer than the time it took them to get their picture taken.
jmstamand 3 months, 1 week ago
Aren't they out there today as well?