Los Angeles DWP: Wackenhut Corp. cites undue influence of unions

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Private security firm Wackenhut Corp. – fresh from a legal victory over what it alleges is a campaign against it by a powerful union with influence at City Hall – opened a second front in its battle last week.

Wackenhut, which is trying to hold onto a contract with the Department of Water and Power, appeared before the DWP’s board and defended itself against union charges that it violates labor laws.

It is unusual for a company to fight a city that has awarded it a contract. But Wackenhut already won a legal victory July 2 when a judge ruled Los Angeles wrongly killed another contract after complaints from the union.

The union, the Service Employees International Union, has pursued a lengthy national campaign against the security firm, which is opposing an SEIU effort to organize its guards.

from: http://www.labusinessjournal.com/industry_article.asp?aID=11833801.4952509.1659931.3205639.7493489.186&aID2=127678&cID=4

[Clovis Sangrail]

1. Fuck Wackenhut

I hope that after this the city crawls so far up their ass that Wackenhut is flooded with violations of everything from eating in the wrong place to the tire tread on their cars being 1/32 under spec.