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Published on: 10/9/2003
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David Mullaney, president of Mullaney Corp. in Leominster, the construction manager of the project, said he and college officials learned about a possible protest in late May, and immediately looked into MetroNational's practices.
He confirmed that there was the possibility of a protest, and that he wished to protect the interests of Simon's Rock, a long-standing construction client.
Mullaney said he soon learned the Mexicans were making far less than their worth on the job, and that within 48 hours of his inquiry MetroNational had agreed to increase the rates to $19 to $21 per hour, depending on workers' skill levels.
Such intervention is unusual."It is neither appropriate nor professionally courteous for a construction manager to question a subcontractor with respect to wages it pays its employees under a lump sum agreement," said Mullaney.
On May 23, an agreement of satisfaction was signed by Tonak, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters and Mullaney.
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Mullaney said it wasn't possible to determine precisely how much MetroNational was paying its workers, but that wages were substantially lower than what was agreed on.
On Monday, a third MetroNational crew walked off the job, also citing a wage dispute.However, Mullaney intervened again and persuaded the half-dozen workers to stay.
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Mullaney also terminated its contract with MetroNational due to "breach of contract," and hired Brownlow instead as the subcontractor for carpentry work.
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They are all guilty of complicity, Mullaney included."
The $264,000 contract has now expanded to a cost of about $330,000.He said the company removed itself from the job some weeks ago.
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