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Emphasis on ensuring fair wages and using union labor in Parks Department roles
1:10:59
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Council Member Krishnan stresses the importance of ensuring fair wages and using union labor for Parks Department roles. Commissioner Donoghue affirms the department's commitment to following wage rules and regulations.
- The council member highlights the importance of unions and union labor paying livable, prevailing wages
- Emphasis is placed on holding contractors to high wage standards
- The council member suggests using more union labor for Parks Department roles
- Commissioner Donoghue confirms that following and enforcing wage rules and regulations is a priority for the department
Shekar Krishnan
1:10:59
Okay.
1:11:00
Yeah.
1:11:00
It would be helpful because, you know, there are, of course, a number of unions and union labor that are paying healthy, livable, prevailing wages, and it's important to make sure that the contractors that we're working with too are held to those standards, that we're using more union labor for parks department roles.
1:11:20
And a key piece of that is to ensure that wage levels are adequate.
1:11:23
So if you can all look into it too, I'd appreciate that.
Susan Donoghue
1:11:26
Absolutely.
1:11:27
I mean, you know, making sure that we're following an enforcement, all rules, city rules and regulations, especially around wages, is an important priority of ours and of the city and something we take very seriously.
1:11:39
So we're happy to provide further information to you on it.
Shekar Krishnan
1:11:41
Thank you.