Arizona Group Demands for Higher Salaries
By Joni Hawk, Jul 14th 2006Arizona Star reports: "A union-led group is picketing for higher wages and benefits for construction workers at a casino-hotel project on the Tohono O'odham Reservation".
Petitioners stood near a 20-foot-long banner that said 'Shame on Desert Diamond Casino, Labor Dispute.'
"On Wednesday and Thursday, the group members passed out fliers, lash out the Desert Diamond Casino, the Tohono O'odham Nation, Kitchell Construction and Universal Wallboard Corp. for paying
'substandard' wages and pressed for better health-care and pension benefits for construction workers.
"…The union plans to stay at the job site until contractors and the tribe agree to demands, said Phil Evans, a union representative…"
Petitioners stood near a 20-foot-long banner that said 'Shame on Desert Diamond Casino, Labor Dispute.'
"On Wednesday and Thursday, the group members passed out fliers, lash out the Desert Diamond Casino, the Tohono O'odham Nation, Kitchell Construction and Universal Wallboard Corp. for paying
'substandard' wages and pressed for better health-care and pension benefits for construction workers.
"…The union plans to stay at the job site until contractors and the tribe agree to demands, said Phil Evans, a union representative…"
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Arizona Group Demands for Higher Salaries
