Demand Developers, Yellow Tree, Solhem, and United Properties Protect Worker's Rights!

Solhem, Yellow Tree, and United Properties

Non-union construction workers in the Twin Cities often face unsafe working conditions, wage theft, and disrespect, and in some cases suffer labor trafficking or sexual assault.

That's why we came together and started the Building Dignity and Respect [BDR] campaign. We are calling on Solhem, Yellowtree, and United Properties, prominent multi-family housing developers, to join BDR and ensure that workers on their projects are paid fair wages and have safe and dignified working conditions.

We believe that the housing needs in our neighborhood should not be built on the backs of exploited workers.

Stand with us and sign this petition to call upon Solhem, Yellow Tree, and United Properties to meet with us to discuss conditions that workers face in the industry and join the Building Dignity and Respect program.

We want to ensure that workers on all projects in the Twin Cities are treated with basic dignity and respect.


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El verano pasado, CTUL puso en marcha la campaña Building Dignity and Respect, dirigida por trabajadores de la construcción no sindicados para luchar por un salario y unas condiciones laborales justos, así como por una voz en el lugar de trabajo para todos los trabajadores de la construcción de las Ciudades Gemelas. CTUL se ha puesto en contacto con Solhem, Yellow Tree y United Properties, tres importantes promotores inmobiliarios multifamiliares del sector de la construcción de Minneapolis. Estos promotores tienen un historial de subcontratas explotadoras que han violado los derechos de los trabajadores, incluida Absolute Drywall, una empresa que ha sido noticia recientemente por denuncias de robo de salarios y agresiones sexuales en una de sus obras. Recientemente nos enteramos de que uno de los desarrolladores multifamiliares que estamos destacando en nuestra campaña (Solhem) está proponiendo un proyecto masivo de apartamentos en 1335 NE Central Ave. La Asociación de Vecinos de North East Neighborhood Park ha enviado una carta apoyando la dignidad y el respeto para todos los trabajadores de su comunidad, y oponiéndose al proyecto a menos que Solhem se una a BDR.

Creemos que las necesidades de vivienda en nuestro barrio no deben ser construidas sobre las espaldas de los trabajadores explotados por promotores indiferentes y contratistas abusivos.

Hacemos un llamamiento a Solhem, Yellow Tree y United Properties para que se reúnan con CTUL para discutir las condiciones a las que se enfrentan los trabajadores en la industria y cómo el Programa de Dignidad y Respeto en la Construcción cambia esos estándares. En última instancia, les pedimos que se adhieran al Programa BDR con el Building Dignity and Respect Standards Council (BDC) para garantizar que los trabajadores de todos sus futuros proyectos sean tratados con dignidad y respeto básicos.

Firma esta petición individualmente y compártela con otros para reunir más firmas.


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To: Solhem, Yellow Tree, and United Properties
From: [Your Name]

Hello,

I’m writing to express my concerns labor practices in the construction industry and its developers and contractors, and especially the Youngblood project being developed by Solhem.

I understand that the developer of this project, Solhem Companies, has a history of using low-road subcontractors to build their projects. Most worrying is that Solhem has used subcontractor Absolute Drywall, a company that has most recently been in the news for reports of abuses of workers on the Viking Lakes Project, including wage theft and sexual assault.

I don’t want these abuses to happen in our community, a historically working class community like Northeast should never tolerate exploitative labor even if it means more housing.

I’m aware that the worker organization CTUL has invited Solhem and other developers to join the Building Dignity and Respect (BDR) program. The BDR is a human rights watch group that exists to ensure construction workers’ rights are upheld on development projects.

It is my understanding that Solhem, Yellow Tree, or United Properties has yet to meet with CTUL or sign onto the BDR Program. In order to ensure the basic dignity and respect for workers on the project, please meet with CTUL and sign onto the BDR program so that it can be ensured that developers in this city won't use low-road contractors and will hold its contractors accountable so they don’t violate workers’ rights. The best way to do this is for developers to join the BDR program.

In Solidarity,