Union raises questions about FEMA demolition site in Iowa.
A trade union representing equipment operators at construction sites is raising questions about the safety of a Federal Emergency Management Agency demolition project in Louisa County.
The $780,000 FEMA-funded project will demolish 57 structures damaged by flooding in summer 2008. The Louisa County Board of Supervisors hired a nonunion firm from Walford to handle the demolition.
Representatives from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 say the firm, D.W. Zinser, is improperly handling debris that could contain asbestos.
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