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Actual research for the impact statement will not begin until late November or December, after a consulting firm has been contracted by the GSA. Before a contractor can be chosen, a "scope of work"--or request for proposal--statement must be drawn up to submit to potential firms...
...over. Richard Russo, the project manager at Bond Brother's Construction Company--the general contractor for excavation work and utilities preparation--said that the blasting and drilling would continue through mid-September. The company plans to be on the site until mid-October...
...Surpassing the 25 farm-worker victims of Labor Contractor Juan Corona, who were found two years ago in graves near Yuba City, Calif...
Another area being investigated involves rental contracts made by the General Services Administration on behalf of various federal agencies for office space. Such agreements are frequently reached without competitive bidding, and the political clout of landlords is a clearly understood part of the negotiating process. One such contractor with impeccably bipartisan connections is, of course, Rodgers, whose firms began doing business with the Federal Government under Lyndon Johnson and prospered even more under Nixon. Since 1967, Rodgers' companies have received a total of $19.6 million from the GSA, and last year they collected $5.7 million; some of his leases...
...next bunch of growers with UFW contracts to renew (in July) will follow the lead of their Coachella peers and invite the Teamsters to "organize" the fields on their terms i.e., a lower hourly wage; no restriction on the use of condemned sprays; reinstitution of the slave-labor contractor system (shades of the '30's!); a medical plan that neatly excludes seasonal workers! Those great humanitarians of the Teamsters' Western Conference aren't squeamish about growers using a derivative of nerve gas. Why should they be -- the Teamsters' well-paid "negotiators" will never have to work in those deadly fields...