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:: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 ::
Laborers Local 78: Local wins contract, but insurgents take the election Union Democracy Review
It was a routine little squib in the New York Times, just an inch and a half, that you probably missed. But there's an important story hidden here: Local 78 represents over 2,000 hazardous materials removal workers in NYC, most of them immigrants and people of color. It's a dirty and dangerous job. In December, they voted to strike; and the threat alone was enough to win them a good contract: a 32% increase, bringing their wages and benefits to $37.00/hr by the end of the four-year contract. But there's more to the story. The local leadership probably would have done its best, but this time, they felt doubly pressured to produce.------------------------------------------- posted 6:11 AM :: reference link ::
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