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1/6 af 0540 UNION HURT OVER WAGE APPROVAL The threat of a strike or other labor trouble at the construction: site of the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Aipport was voiced by union leaders after the city councils in both cities approved wage rates recomriended by Fort Worth public works director Jack Graham. Tom Jpchurch, representing the loc;<l trades councils, said the wa es currently being paid on Phase I of the affport work, sJlbe adopted as the prevailing wage rate. Union officials said the wage rate adopted by the city councils is in some cases as much as 100 percent less than now being paid by a contractor .on. site preparation and drainage work.
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: Union hurt over wage approval],
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January 6, 1970, 6:30 a.m.;
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