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Construction of Quincy House halted this morning as the George A. Fuller Co. refused to comply with union demands for a wage increase. Although all work is temporarily stopped on the House, the Company claims that the strike should not prevent completion by the scheduled date...
Neither the Fuller Company nor the union expects a lengthy work stoppage. This partially results from the interest of the federal government in keeping down the unemployment figures in view of the present "recession...
...Carpenter's Union does not regard the present work stoppage as a strike, since they claim most of the independent contractors have in effect agreed to the new rates since early March. The Secretary of the Union charged that the "refusal of the Fuller Company to comply with the new wage rates is tantamount to a lockout...
...Secretary commented that the company could not expect the carpenters to work for less than the going wage rate. He claimed Fuller and several other large construction companies are attempting to take advantage of "general conditions in the economy...
...representative of the George A. Fuller Company, contracted to build the new House, refused to comment last night on the union's action and whether it would affect the construction work. Construction of Quincy House was stopped for a three-week period at the start of April by a strike of laborers and hod-carriers...