To: Metro Bi-State (MO. & IL.), President & CEO and Metro's Board of Commissioners, Metro Communications Representative
Stop Discriminating Against Minority Contractors and Pay Them for Work They Complete
Metro discriminates against local African American contractors in St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis Illinois.
Metro refused to pay local African American subcontractors who successfully complete Metro projects but is willing to pay non-minority prime contractors who don't successfully complete their contracts with Metro.
Metro refused to pay local African American subcontractors who successfully complete Metro projects but is willing to pay non-minority prime contractors who don't successfully complete their contracts with Metro.
Why is this important?
The majority citizens of St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis Illinois want Metro to pay its African American subcontractors who successfully complete Metro projects. Metro pay its non-minority prime contractors that they have referred to as poor performers. In my case, Metro paid an out-of-state prime contractor who never showed up to perform its contract work (for over eighteen months). Metro terminated them for non-responsiveness.
But, Metro refused to pay its local African American subcontractor it retained after terminating the above mentioned prime contractor. Metro's contractor referred to the subcontractor as "a very good subcontractor", and advised Metro to pay its subcontractor who performed one hundred percent of the contractor's work in addition to performing extra work requested by Metro for it's six hundred million dollar "High Speed Cross County Extension Light Rail" project.
Metro calculated and admitted that it owed the local African American contractor over three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. But, Metro have refused to pay the local African American subcontractor until the subcontractor produced a contract with Metro for performing the work. Metro willfully never prepared a contract or a change order for the local African American subcontractor, after it terminated its prime contractor, even after repeated requests from the local African American subcontractor to do so.
Tell Metro to pay its African American subcontractor for work it completed under Metro's orders, supervision, approval, acceptance and which it continue to benefit from, and to end slavery against the bi-state (St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis Illinois) African American community.
But, Metro refused to pay its local African American subcontractor it retained after terminating the above mentioned prime contractor. Metro's contractor referred to the subcontractor as "a very good subcontractor", and advised Metro to pay its subcontractor who performed one hundred percent of the contractor's work in addition to performing extra work requested by Metro for it's six hundred million dollar "High Speed Cross County Extension Light Rail" project.
Metro calculated and admitted that it owed the local African American contractor over three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. But, Metro have refused to pay the local African American subcontractor until the subcontractor produced a contract with Metro for performing the work. Metro willfully never prepared a contract or a change order for the local African American subcontractor, after it terminated its prime contractor, even after repeated requests from the local African American subcontractor to do so.
Tell Metro to pay its African American subcontractor for work it completed under Metro's orders, supervision, approval, acceptance and which it continue to benefit from, and to end slavery against the bi-state (St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis Illinois) African American community.