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January 14, 2008

Operating engineers protest their union

  • Some concrete pump truck operators want their union representatives to go back to the bargaining table with their employers.
    • By BENJAMIN MINNICK
    Journal Construction Editor

    Photo by Phil Brown [enlarge]
    Members of Local 302 protested Friday against recent management decisions.

    All is apparently not well with some of the nearly 200 concrete pump workers of Operating Engineers Locals 302 and 612. About 30 members that work for Conco recently ratified a new contract, but many more working for the area's three other major concrete pumping companies staged an unusual protest Friday at their union offices.


     
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