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Although the law doesn’t require it, it seems that virtually all large construction jobs of the Federal Government are awarded to unionized contractors, whose workers are engaged through union “hiring halls”. One of these contractors, Matthew McCloskey of Philadelphia, found himself in the middle when Mr. Nixon’s committee suddenly became very active. Mr. McCloskey is building a new Congressional office building here, as well as other structures. According to the press accounts, he has collective bargaining agreements with construction unions under which the unions furnish the needed workers. The complaint was that Mr. McCloskey wasn’t using qualified Negro craftsman. Mr. McCloskey acknowledged that this might be true, but pointed out that his agreement was that the union would refer workers to his jobs, and they weren’t referring Negroes.
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