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BCTC Says Hudson Yards Lawsuit Is To Stop Union Movement

Related’s Hudson Yards Construction filed a lawsuit, accusing the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York of corrupt practices.

#CountMeIn protest, Hudson Yards #CountMeIn protest at Hudson Yards

NEW YORK CITY—Earlier this week, Related Co.’s $25 billion Hudson Yards project filed a lawsuit against the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, accusing the labor organization of engaging in corrupt practices. The complaint alleges that the union organization violated the project labor agreement causing the Related unit, Hudson Yards Construction, to pay more than $100,000,000 in additional wages, benefits and insurance for work that was not performed.

The company claims the union workers have driven up bids on the project due to their “unwillingness to supply the highest quality labor willing to put in an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay.”

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.

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