Labor Photo: Wings Iron Workers Picket JBG
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Striking iron workers picketed Tuesday morning outside the Chevy Chase
headquarters of JBG, the local real estate development company. On strike
against Wings Enterprises since 2009, the workers and their union, Iron Workers
201, have been trying to meet with JBG to discuss their concerns about Wings’
– a concrete rebar contractor – track record of labor and OSHA
violations. “It’s a long process,” said Juan Carlos Recinos (at
left in photo), a Local 201 organizer. The Justice at Wings Coalition has
been staging similar events ("Activists
Tell Smithsonian to Keep Wings Away from African American Museum," UC
8/6/2012) across the community “to bring attention to the abuses at
Wings and to raise standards across (our) industry.” - photo by Chris
Garlock