NEW YORK -- Carpenters joined cement and metal workers in walking off the job Wednesday, the third day of job actions over pay cuts at the World Trade Center site.
The cement workers, members of the Concrete Workers District Council who have been without a contract since July 1, have stopped working at the site in protest of a proposed 20 percent pay cut.
Louis Coletti, president of the Building Trades Employers' Association, which is bargaining with the Concrete Workers District Council, said any cut would be for new residential or hotel construction and wouldn't affect the workers in their job at the World Trade Center site.
"No one on that site is being asked to take a pay cut," he said, adding that discussions were continuing between the sides.
-- Associated Press
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