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CONCRETE WORK—Charlie Williams (left) and Bruce Van Dyke, both of Building Systems Inc., guided the spout being used at the new Franklin County jail facilities to pour cement Monday. A conveyor belt was used to move the cement from the truck in the background to the forms. After a two-day hold-up, one day due to troubles with some union formalities, the other due to Mother Nature, the pouring work got started. Workmen at the job site say they are getting caught up after falling behind their schedule during the winter months.Gate System Spices Work At Jail Site•.*I1People passing by the new jail construction in Ottawa have probably been wondering about the series of gates erected recently around the job site.One gate is marked “Building Systems Inc. Employes”; one marked for “Union Employes” and a third gate for “Trucks and Delivery.According to a spokesman for Building Systems Inc., at the job site, a picket, who has beenplaced in front of the entrance tothe site, carries a placard stating his union’s grievence is against Building Systems. Therefore, the picket should be walking in front of the gate marked “Building Systems Inc. Employes.” That would leave the union gate open for deliveries made by unionpersonnel.The gates were put up after a delivery of steel was made by a company with union workers. Thereinforcing steel, used in theforms for the concrete, had to be placed outside the job site in the street so those making the delivery would not be crossing the picket line.Employes of Building Systems had to move the steel off the street into the job site.The spokesman for Building Systems said since employes of the Topeka firm are non-union they are able to cross the picket line through the gate bo marked.
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Ottawa Herald
Ottawa, Kansas, US
Tue, Mar 28, 1972
Page 6
Full Page
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Diana S.
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