Word: jobses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"They wanted the jobs, we wanted to help them get into the union," said Howard Soep, the company's owner. "And we needed people."
Laughlin said the other former Everett employees, many of whom had been working on projects at Northeastern University, have found jobs with other union contractors. Some are currently working on the big dig, he said.
After learning that many unionized employees working on the same project as Everett workers were earning far more money for the same jobs, all 24 of Everett's employees had signed cards indicating their desire to join the union.
Laughlin said the resolution provides the workers with what they had been looking for all along--unionized jobs that pay competitive wages and benefits.
"The point for walking out of their jobs was to get the same pay as other folks," Laughlin said. "These guys are now working in a unionized atmosphere."