Hundreds of Construction Workers Rally Against San Jose High-Rise Developers that Fail to Pay Middle Class Wages

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of local construction trade workers will rally against developers and land speculators such as KT Urban for failing to hire local skilled workers and pay them middle-class family sustainable wages.  KT Urban is currently developing its latest high-rise, luxury condominium project, Silvery Towers, in downtown San Jose.

There are thirteen high-rise projects similar to Silvery Towers in the pipeline in Downtown San Jose.  Workers are urging San Jose elected officials to create good public policy that holds developers accountable to hire local workers, pay a family sustainable wage and support apprenticeship and veteran's job creation efforts.

About the Responsible Development San Jose: Responsible Development San Jose -- Building the Middle Class is a non-profit organization established to strengthen and grow the middle-class by ensuring developers provide a family sustainable wage and benefit package to workers in the MEPS trades. We support apprenticeship programs that provide a pathway to a sustainable career and we support a direct entry program that allows Veterans to transition directly from military service to a career in the construction trades.

SOURCE Responsible Development San Jose