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Landscaping

Advice to employers who are caught in the middle of a dispute between the Laborers Union and the Operating Engineers Union involving the landscaping work continues to be that you should not change your historical work assignment on subcontracting practices. These instances are jurisdictional disputes and should be addressed and resolved through the appropriate jurisdictional dispute resolution procedure, not the grievance procedure.

Contractors who are presented with a grievance or other union action involving landscaping work should contact Builders Association Director of Labor to determine what avenues are available to them to resolve the dispute, and should supply the joint grievance committee with evidence of their historical assignment of such work.