Pubdate: Thu, 02 May 2002
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2002 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Section: Metro Briefing
Author: Stacy Albin
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing)

NEW HAVEN: CARPENTERS ON STRIKE

About 3,000 union carpenters went on strike yesterday, after negotiations 
on a statewide contract stalled over wage increases and random drug 
testing. On Tuesday, the union, the New England Regional Council of 
Carpenters, rejected the latest offer from management, including hourly 
wage increases up to $8.05 for highway construction workers, who now make 
$28.85 an hour. The union had sought an increase of up to $10.05 per hour. 
It also opposes random drug testing and pre-employment physicals, said Bert 
Durand, a spokesman for the union.
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