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Rally for Jobs in Manchester Today

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Thursday, December 17, 2009   

MANCHESTER, NH - Despite the frigid temperatures today, hundreds are expected to take to the streets of Manchester to rally for jobs. Many of the state's construction workers will converge on Bronstein Park this afternoon in hopes of jump-starting a large project at Manchester's Job Corps Center, which was brought to a halt by the U.S. Dept. of Labor in November amid opposition to the project from local non-union contractors.

Joe Casey, president of the New Hampshire Building and Construction Trades Council, a union that represents over 6,000 workers, hopes the rally will put the project back on track, helping hundreds of unemployed workers.

"In construction, in both union and non-union alike, there are hundreds of construction workers out of work. Our people, who are out of work, want to voice their opinion and show that enough is enough. Let's get this job going so we can start making a living."

Opposition to the project has come from some local contractors who have said the job would only employ workers from out of state, and that the union couldn't supply enough contractors for a job of its size. Casey refutes those claims.

"We in the building trades have over 6,000 building trades members who reside in the state of New Hampshire and we could easily man that project and ten or twelve just like it. They made the allegations that all the workers would come from out of state, and that is completely false."

Casey admits there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the new Job Corps Center, which has been in the works for several years. The rally is set for 4:00 p.m.




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