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Jennifer L. Hall
From:Planning Commission
Sent:Monday, September 28, 2020 8:35 PM
To:Jennifer L. Hall
Cc:David See; Susan Kim
Subject:FW: Support for Community Workforce Agreement
Attachments:2020 - 09-28, ltr to anaheim city council for community workforce agreement.pdf
From: Denell Giustorobelo <denell@ocneca.org>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2020 12:40 PM
To: Planning Commission <PCommision@anaheim.net>
Subject: Support for Community Workforce Agreement
Planning Commission,
Please see the attached letter in support for the Community Workforce Agreement.
Thank you,
Denell Giustorobelo
Office Manager
Orange County Chapter, NECA
333 S. Anita Drive, Suite 780
Orange, CA 92868
(714) 634-8777 - office
(714) 634-8582 – fax
www.ocneca.org
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Orange County Chapter
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION
September 28, 2020
Mayor and members of the City Council,
On behalf of the 41 member employers of the Orange County Chapter of the National
Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), I write to you today to urge your continued
support in approving the Zoning Code Amendment and Disposition and Development
Agreement (DDA) for the development of the Stadium District Sub-Area A Project (Angel
Stadium Property), through a Community Workforce Agreement.
A Community Workforce Agreement is sound policy that offers all participants in the
electrical construction industry, including owners, contractors, and employees, the safety
and peace of mind needed to advance the industry that brings power, light, and
communication technology to buildings and communities across the nation.
For decades, Community Workforce Agreements have proven to be a time-tested
method towards ensuring that projects are completed on-time and exceeding quality
construction standards, ultimately saving taxpayer dollars. Community Workforce
Agreements help ensure that contractors, sub-contractors, communities and workers
agree to working conditions, ensuring coordination for smooth project completion.
Training requirements, coupled with fair compensation and benefits, save taxpayer
dollars by ensuring on- time and on-budget completion of projects.
It is important to note that Community Workforce Agreements can support other
components of your agenda, such as cracking down on undocumented workers. These
agreements are an important tool that ensures projects are completed by legal,
documented employees and discourages the utilization of unskilled and undocumented
workers. No system can prevent all abuse, but the use of established hiring methods
under a workforce agreement goes a long way to assure that identities and skills claimed
by workers are valid. Similarly, NECA and our partner, the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, endorse and have implemented required national guidelines to build
a Drug Free Workplace.
As is obvious to almost any governmental body, we must face and overcome the terrible
crisis of opioid and drug addiction. Community Workforce Agreements support the many
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established programs in the construction industry to help identify and rehabilitate those
workers caught in the deadly spiral of drug abuse.
In support of your effort to revitalize Anaheim, NECA and our partners urge the
continued implementation Community Workforce Agreements as a useful tool for
advancing responsible contracting practices and for guaranteeing the timely, effective,
and efficient delivery of construction projects.
Sincerely,
Tom Geller
Executive Director
Orange County Chapter, NECA