Walking into the Isthmus office Friday morning I stumbled on a story: Two picketers stationed in front of the neighboring Block 89 office project.
Question: What’s up, guys?
Answer: Union painters and drywallers are on strike as of the midnight expiration of their old three-year contract.
In a subsequent phone call to John Jorgensen, the business manager for District Council 7 of the Painters & Allied Trades, I learned that construction sites affected by the strike include the Epic Systems campus in Verona, the St. Mary’s Hospital’s expansion on the south side and various UW-Madison campus projects.