Update on DNC union snafu in Boston
BostonHerald.com (AP) reported Monday: “Police union, city break off talks; will resume Wednesday”
This is an update on the story I reported on earlier under the title “Will the Democratic party still respect Big Labor the morning after Labor screws up the convention?”
A marathon negotiating session between the city of Boston and the police union that picketed the FleetCenter last week broke off early Monday morning without an agreement . . .
Last week, the union’s protests delayed a $14 million renovation of the FleetCenter to convert it from a sports arena to a convention hall . . . Each day that construction crews were unable to get into the FleetCenter to do their work . . . cost an estimated $100,000 in delays.
The picketing ended Friday after a federal judge sent U.S. marshals to the site to ensure that the union protesters were not blocking access to construction crews.
The police union . . . has had a history of supporting Republican presidential candidates . . . Read more
Ahaa . . . that last sentence explains a few things . . .
