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...piecework pay system. Under the old system, wages for comparable work could vary by as much as 20% from department to department. "What they were trying to do," as Peach saw it, "was take money out of the higher-paid workers' pockets and give it to the lower-paid workers. In two years' time everybody would be together at the bottom. It became a real battle of undermining the union...
...raise that had taken effect July 1. It would be put off until the end of fiscal 1978 and then would be granted only if the city's budget is balanced and if its bonds are being accepted by investors-two big ifs. Lower-paid workers would fare better under the plan than higher-paid ones. Those earning $10,000 a year or less would have to defer only 2% of their increase until 1978; those between $10,000 and $15,000 would put off 4%; and those above $15,000 would have to wait three years...
...asking for a cents-per-hour raise rather than a percentage one, the union is effectively asking for proportionally larger raises for its lower-paid employees...
...early in 1971 to hammer down the grossly inflationary settlements that then prevailed in the building industry. He cannily persuaded union leaders that by exercising restraint, they could win back power from increasingly militant local leaders-and win back jobs for union members, who had been losing them to lower-paid, unorganized workers. He has been frequently criticized for running a secret, autocratic outfit, but the results are impressive: construction pay increases dropped from 15.6% in 1970 to 5.7% last year-lower than the overall national average...
...system will cut construction costs to at least 5% below those of today's conventional, on-site building. Wasserman anticipates much larger savings in the years ahead because "the incredible shortage of skilled craftsmen" seems certain to drive wages at building sites up much faster than those of lower-paid factory workers...