Business & Tech
Electrical Workers Protest at Tamarack Village
The group is pushing for a Wisconsin company to pay its workers the same rates as union electricians in Minnesota.
Three members of a local electrical-workers union were holding up a large sign at the entrance to on Monday.
Their issue?
A Wisconsin company, Faith Technology, that doesn’t pay its electricians the same wages as those required by Minnesota unions, said organizer Bill Malecha.
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The group, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No. 110, was in town on Monday because Faith Technology electricians were working at the Woodbury . Malecha said they recently held a similar protest at a St. Paul company.
“We just want to inform the public,” he said. “Let’s keep Minnesota jobs for Minnesota people.”
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Malecha said the group does a lot of community outreach, from free work for veterans groups like the and , to its efforts with Habitat for Humanity and the event.
“We’re always out in the community trying to do positive things,” Malecha said.
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