Union hopes new Prop 2 rules will give preference to local labor

Arete Construction workers in June 2013 labor in front of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. (File photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)
Both ballot propositions passed by overwhelming majorities in last week’s municipal election.
Proposition 1 extended the 1 percent sales tax another five years. That’s projected to raise more than $43 million to help fund 13 capital projects.
Proposition 2 also passed by more than two-thirds of voters.
It loosens the requirement that the city award projects to the l