Economics of the Construction Industry
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Long Hours, Frenetic Pace For Workers In Weeks Before Kleen Energy BlastHartford CourantThe labor department hasn't received any wage-and-hour complaints from any workers at the Kleen Energy site, or from their unions, Agnew said. …Seven more sue over Kleen Energy explosionistockAnalyst.com (press release)State Agency Leaders Report on Kleen Energy BlastWTIC
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Shame on everyoneNew Times SLOSilva, who's been in the drywall business for 30 years, said he lost jobs when the Carpenters told his clients he was paying unfair wages, …
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Long Hours, Frenetic Pace For Workers In Weeks Before Kleen Energy BlastHartford CourantThe labor department hasn't received any wage-and-hour complaints from any workers at the Kleen Energy site, or from their unions, Agnew said. …Seven more sue over Kleen Energy explosionistockAnalyst.com (press release)State Agency Leaders Report on Kleen Energy BlastWTIC
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Workers Demonstrate At Burien Fred Meyer Over “Unfair Wage Standard”The B-Town Blog (blog)The Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters has a labor dispute with Marquise Drywall which is a slated to perform work for BooCo Construction Company. …
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Labor Official Says Crews Logged Up To 90-Hour Weeks At Kleen Energy PlantHartford CourantLinda Agnew, commissioner of the state Department of Labor, said the agency's wage-and-hour unit has reviewed payroll records of 56 contractors that did …State Agency Leaders Report on Kleen Energy BlastWTICSeven more sue over Kleen Energy explosionistockAnalyst.com (press release)
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Limited 5% pay cut in mixTopeka Capital JournalThe Senate's budget committee carried over Tuesday a 5 percent salary cut for high-level employees serving in the Kansas legislative, …
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Shame On You, Big LaborBig Government (blog)There are serious protests going on in Albuquerque by a local Carpenters union. But one company is fighting back and the story is starting …
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Cros-Lex project should consider union workersPort Huron Times HeraldThe only real difference is the net profit of the contractor and the cost of labor. Union wages do not directly affect the bottom line; …
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Pay viewed as inadeqateTopeka Capital JournalRepublicans and Democrats in the Legislature don't have to strain to capture the criticism. It can arrive in the form of a shout, …
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Kansas Senate backs off cuts in jobless benefitsBusinessWeekTalk of cutting benefits angered Mike Lilly, a carpenter and construction worker who's been unemployed since July 2008. Once well-off enough to own a …
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