Business Assoc & Union Join in Call for CA WC Reform

The Bay Area Chapter of the Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA) and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA) Local 104 are jointly urging Governor Schwarzenegger to make additional reductions in workers' compensation premiums, which have tripled in the last three years. The SMACNA/SMWIA partnership has a longstanding tradition of establishing high safety and training standards that result in safer, more cost-effective commercial, industrial and residential construction. The partnership asserts that while union contractors struggle to pay s...