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Fletcher, whose union refers workers to the contractors, said the larger labor unions deny the local tradesmen equal access to construction jobs...
...upcoming attempt to close the Macomber Construction Co. project at the corner of Shawmut and Ruggles Sts. is just one phase of the UCCW's efforts to get jobs for black tradesmen and laborers, Fletcher said...
...atmosphere are part of the appeal for Triton's hard-working faculty. There are no academic ranks, and all teachers are called "instructor." The emphasis is on teaching, not research, and only a few of the 834-member faculty boast doctorates; many are working mechanics, cooks or other tradesmen and technicians by day, earning a flat $12 an hour in the evening at Triton...
...contract had been ratified, but that he would go back to renegotiate the disputed clause. Ford officials, he said, are "sensible people who will sit down and work out a solution." Ford's chief negotiator, Malcolm Denise, seeing his respected adversary on the spot, agreed to try. The tradesmen then cooled down and seemed willing, at least for a time, to let Woodcock settle their grievance...
This was not the first time that the U.A.W. tradesmen had been rebellious. They began agitating for special treatment in the late 1950s, threatening to defect to other unions or to form their own. By letting them veto parts of the contract, union chiefs put down the insurrection, though uprisings still occur and probably will continue...