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Talks Stall: Big Building Jobs Struck

KCUR
Published April 3, 2009 at 3:14 AM CDT
On picket line, Kauffman Arts Center site, Larry Middleton(L), Tom Kelsey (R).
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On picket line, Kauffman Arts Center site, Larry Middleton(L), Tom Kelsey (R).

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Kansas City, Mo. – A strike by cement finishers has slowed or halted work at a host of major construction projects in Kansas City. Rank and file union members say a mediator has joined efforts to renew negotiations between Local 518 and the Greater Kansas City Builders Association. KCUR's Dan Verbeck reports.
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