What’s going on at

Kirkwood Commons?

Kirkwood Commons, LLC has hired Metro Engineering as general contractor for the conversion of the Kirkwood Hotel into residential living  and office area space.  Metro Engineering has in turn hired T & S Drywall as a subcontractor.  T & S Drywall has misclassified workers as independent subcontractors to avoid paying social security taxes, unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance. 

Why would Metro Engineering use such a subcontractor?  You would think that that Kirkwood Commons, LLC, who has spent around 13 million dollars on this building, could do better than that!

Why does Kirkwood Commons associate itself with such cut-rate, substandard operations as T & S Drywall?  We don’t know.  What we do know is that the earning power of working people in our community is the foundation upon which our economy is based.   When that standard is undermined through the selection of UNFAIR, SUBSTANDARD CONTRACTORS, the project owner exists as a PARASITE and not a contributor to our community.

That’s what’s going on at Kirkwood Commons.

Are these the practices you want in your community?

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