Iron Workers Fight for Justice at Lyn-Phill and Dominion Rebar
Thursday, December 5, 2013(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The DC Iron Workers Movement for Justice
reports “great success” in their campaign
for equitable conditions for the workers of
Lyn-Phill Construction and Dominion Rebar.
“These companies have a history of labor
rights and OSHA violations and are currently
working on large public works projects for DC
Water, Ballou Senior High School, and the
University of the District of Columbia,” the
Coalition reports. Lyn-Phill and Dominion
workers says their employers force them to work
without minimum levels of safety and do not pay
the required minimum wage for construction
workers. At the Coalition’s urging, both Rep.
Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and DC City Council
member Mary Cheh have asked DC Water to
investigate. Cheh heads the DC Council
committee that oversees DC Water. Workers
involved in the Coalition have filed complaints
against Lyn-Phill with the DC Department of
Employment Services (DOES), as well as at the
National Labor Relations Board, and the
Maryland Department of Labor and Industry is
also currently investigating Lyn-Phill for
underpaying the state-required minimum wages
for construction in Montgomery County. The
Coalition plans ongoing actions at DC Water,
saying that “To keep the pressure on them, we
need to be a constant presence at DC Water to
urge them to finish their investigation quickly
and effectively.”