Who's Building the Ballpark

The labor agreement for the new Nationals Park was intended to provide employment for District residents. Signed by city officials, labor leaders and contractors, it established five major goals. According to the contractor for the ballpark, here are the latest statistics:

NOTE: Journeymen are the highest-paid and most-skilled workers, while apprentices are paid less and are in training. | SOURCE: Clark/Hunt/Smoot | The Washington Post - February 24, 2008

This Story A Test of 7th-Inning Stretch Proportions, Flush by Flush Article \| It was an important, if not highly skilled, job required of 175 volunteers yesterday at Nationals Park. They were present for a synchronized swooshing, a choreography of commodes to test whether the new stadium's plumbing could handle the nearly steady flushing of more than 500 toilets and urinals. NATIONALS PARK: Stadium Project Falling Short Of City's Ambitious Hiring Goals Who's Building the Ballpark		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace NOTE: Journeymen are the highest-paid and most-skilled workers, while apprentices are paid less and are in training. \| SOURCE: Clark/Hunt/Smoot \| The Washington Post - February 24, 2008 ¬es=The labor agreement for the new Nationals Park was intended to provide employment for District residents. Signed by city officials, labor leaders and contractors, it established five major goals. According to the contractor for the ballpark, here are the latest statistics:" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us NOTE: Journeymen are the highest-paid, most-skilled workers, while apprentices are paid less, are in training. \| SOURCE: Clark/Hunt/Smoot \| The Washington Post - February 24, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic
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