The Delaware Chapter of the Association of Building Contractors is objecting to a requirement that they have apprenticeship programs before they can bid on New Castle County government projects.
The group filed suit earlier this month seeking a legal judgment against the rules that require companies with a contract of more than $100-thousand to have such a state approved program.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that the requirement was approved in 2008 with high praise from state union leaders.
The Association is made up of mostly 400 non-unionized contractors with some 25-thousand employees.
The paper reports that the lawsuit singles out the $21 million library located on Route 9 which the organization believes its members have been unfairly excluded.
