PHILADELPHIA — The oversized, inflatable rats found snarling at nonunion worksites are getting some high-flying backup.
An International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union local in Philadelphia — a city with a long history of union power — now employs three surveillance drones that can fly over protests and construction sites.
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