KINGSTON, N.Y. A candlelight vigil in memory of Kingston High School juniors Jack Noble and Dillon Gokey and in support of injured junior Joe Sepesi is planned at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at Kingston Plaza near the baseball field. The vigil was organized by the Kingston High School class of 2025. Candles will […]
The Luck Group of Companies (Editor’s note: This is an abridged version of a letter Jeff Luck sent to Matthew Lynch of the state Olympic Regional Development Authority and Christian Calabrese of Gilbane, regarding Luck’s construction company’s bid to reconstruct the Olympic Speedskating Oval in Lake Placid.)
Gentlemen: When we opened the specifications on the bid to reconstruct the Olympic ice oval, we were extremely surprised and shocked to see that they included a project labor agreement (PLA) as part of the contract agreement. Although conditions vary, PLAs generally restrict the rank-and-file workers to union-only forces. They usually do allow for a contractor’s supervisory personnel and an occasional apprentice, but the rest of the workers must be part of an organized trade association, or union-only labor. This is extremely distressing for a firm like mine, which has a 65-year history of putting local people to work in the North Country. In our local counties, t