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Despite downturn, unions seek to organize residential builders
By Alexandra Berzon - Las Vegas Sun
Mon, Aug 4, 2008

Last week a wooden plank fell on Eduardo Acevedo and badly injured his finger while he was building houses for the construction company SelectBuild.

Then, he says, his boss tried to fire him.

Two days later, on Thursday, Acevedo gathered with a few fellow SelectBuild workers outside the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration offices in Henderson to protest what he and the Laborers Union say are unsafe conditions at SelectBuild. In a staged photo opportunity for reporters, workers held signs that said “Respect OSHA standards” and “No more injuries.” Read more...

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