That’s the gist of what’s going on in Newark. With the support of Superintendent Roger Leon, Mayor Ras Baraka, and the Newark School Board, a developer called Summit Assets is building a new $!60 million Newark High School of Architecture and Design (NJHSAD). The school’s focus is enginerring and building trades; at the ground-breaking ceremony, Leon boasted graduates will “leave the school with the skills that will make them immediately employable while also being prepared for further personal and professional advancement.”
On Monday TapintoNewark broke the story that Summit Assets was hiring non-unionized employees–a violation of state law for a public building this large—and treating these employees poorly. Yesterday Tapinto followed up with a description of the working conditions these low-income workers are subjected to, including pay below the “prevailing wage,” a requirement for these types of jobs. The tweet above notes the “tragic irony” of a school intended to boost career prospects in construction for low-income students being built on the backs of workers paid unfair and illegal wages. Here is more of what Tapinto uncovered:
For the full report, see here.
(Photo courtesy of Jamie Machado)
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