Concrete Workers Return to Work After 3-Day Strike.

Concrete workers from locals 6A, 18A, and 20, including those working on the World Trade Center site and Weill Cornell Medical College research center, have returned to work after a three-day strike. The unions have agreed to extend their contract, which expired on July 29, to August 16. However, there is still no agreement on new terms, including a proposed 20% wage cut. An independent arbitrator has ruled that Concrete Workers District Council Local 16, another union group, violated a no-strike clause on four projects and ordered the workers back to these sites. [Extracted from the article]