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:: Friday, May 21, 2004 ::
The 50-year pact will standardize pay By Mary Vorsino, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The winning bidder of a $7 billion Army housing contract for Oahu has signed an unprecedented 50-year agreement with the islands' trade unions that pledges to standardize pay rates and working conditions for the project's workers.
'It's the first of its kind in the nation insofar as the 50 years go,' said Hawaii Carpenters Union Financial Business Representative Ron Taketa, who helped negotiate the pact. 'We can now move forward with recruiting and training programs to support the huge scope of the residential construction programs proposed for the military.'
The agreement means all construction workers employed at the project will be paid according to rates assigned to their trades annually by the federal government, putting competition between union and nonunion contractors on more even ground, Taketa said.------------------------------------------- posted 5:11 PM :: reference link ::
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