whose employees were not Local 3 members, in particular contractors Wickham and Perone ... whose electricians were Teamster Local 363 members."


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The walkout brought School Board projects to a virtual halt.   Electrical work is generally done at an early stage and, until completed, other construction work cannot go ahead.   On July 19, School Board Director Hugh McLaren met with Local 3's Business Manager Thomas Van Arsdale, who expressed concern over the job security of Local 3 electricians and demanded that only members of Local 3 should be hired to work on School Board projects.   Van Arsdale expressly referred to Wickham-Perone and stated that it was not paying the prevailing wage rate.   McLaren said that he would do all he could toJuly, after Wickham-Perone had received its notice from McLaren, Rosenberg met alone with Biele and told Biele that Local 3 could provide electricians to complete Wickham's School Board work, thus ending the effective boycott against Wickham.   In September, after employees of Association members voted in an NLRB election to continue to be represented by the Teamsters, Local 3 set up pickets outside Wickham's Pelham office with signs stating that Wickham employees were on strike.   In October, Van Arsdale met with Biele and requested that Wickham quit the Association and undertake a new election in which Wickham's employees would choose Local 3.   Van Arsdale's basis for this demand was that some Wickham employees had already left the Teamsters for Local 3.  