Labor Unions Committed to Ensuring Chula Vista Bayfront Jobs Go to Local Workers First
**For Immediate Release**
For information, contact:
Jen Badgley
(858) 569-8900 or (619) 957-4569
Labor Unions Committed to Ensuring Chula Vista Bayfront Jobs Go to Local Workers First
Statement from Tom Lemmon, San Diego County Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
“Since Mayor Cox and the Port first chose Gaylord as the lead developer for the Chula Vista bayfront project, we’ve been saying that Gaylord is an out of state developer that can’t be trusted. The fact that they withdrew their application, only to come back is more evidence of their pattern of broken promises and empty threats.
We remain extremely disappointed that Mayor Cox has chosen to side with an out-of-state developer rather than work with us to guarantee that $300 million in public money will result in jobs for the men and women who elected her. We are also surprised that the Port—a public agency that committed to allow the community to have a voice in shaping how this incredible piece of property is developed—has chosen to impose a gag order on negotiation proceedings. This isn’t the way a democracy should work. People’s livelihoods are at stake here and local officials should be protecting citizens, not selling them out in backroom deals with big shot developers from out of state.
While Mayor Cox and the Port have abandoned the local workforce, we remain committed to ensuring that if Gaylord wants $300 million in public money, they make a legal commitment to hire the local men and women who live in Chula Vista and the surrounding region first. We will not back down.”
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