Union Launches Homeowners 'Bill of Rights' Ballot Initiative in Ariz.

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Valley labor union figures gathered on the House lawn Dec. 19 to announce the filing of an initiative intended to protect homebuyers from shady sales pitches and shoddily built homes.

The measure, dubbed the Homeowners' Bill of Rights, is designed to level the "disparity of power" between homebuilders and homebuyers, said attorney Richard McCracken, representing the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union 39.

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Union Launches Homeowners 'Bill of Rights' Ballot Initiative in Ariz.

Before a crowd of onlookers, union officials, members and reporters, McCracken said the initiative was necessary to counter state law enacted in 2002 that stro...

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