( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to their support.” Influential labor groups now say they are opposing efforts to move two professional sports franchises from the nation’s capital to northern Virginia. [CutID: <Cuts> NBA-NHL-NOVA-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 23s Title: NBA-NHL-NOVA-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: to their support] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The Senate leader says the legislation isn’t […]
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Unions oppose plan to move NBA, NHL teams to northern Virginia
( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to their support.”
Influential labor groups now say they are opposing efforts to move two professional sports franchises from the nation’s capital to northern Virginia.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The Senate leader says the legislation isn’t dead, but Tuesday’s development won’t make it easier to get the deal across the finish line.
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VERBATIM: The opposition is partially due to the apparent inability to reach a satisfactory deal for union workers on the construction projects. The announcement is a blow for the proposal backed by Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin. Leaders in Virginia’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly have made clear labor union’s demands related to the project’s construction and its future jobs are central to their support.