Majority of striking WTC concrete workers return to work

The majority of the World Trade Center concrete workers who were on strike
earlier this week have returned to work today after their contract was
extended for another two weeks, WNYC reported. Around 50 concrete and cement
workers picketed outside a Lower Manhattan PATH train entrance for
about an hour today, until Kieran O’Sullivan, the secretary treasurer for
Cement and Concrete Workers Local 18A, arrived at around 8:00 a.m. and
pleaded with the workers to return to their jobs. After the three-day
strike contractors and union representatives agreed to a two-week extension
on talks last night, and workers were ordered to return to work
today. But some of the workers said they felt returning back to work so soon undermined the
effectiveness of the strike. Concrete workers’ contracts expired July 1, and they have
been working without a contract since then. [WNYC]