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Union speakers, residents urge local hiring, apprenticeships for 21 Linn Street development
Summary
Public commenters who attended a work session presentation on a 21 Linn Street development urged the council to require developers to hire local tradespeople, pay living wages and use registered apprenticeship programs.
Several residents and construction-trade representatives told the council Tuesday they want the city to use its leverage over local development projects to ensure local hiring, living wages and apprenticeship opportunities.
Bill Gearhart, a longtime Iowa City resident and former president of the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council, said he liked the proposals presented at a prior work session for the 21 Linn Street site but wanted…
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