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Monday, 26 May, 2014 to
Saturday, 31 May, 2014
Blog, Photos and Videos in reverse chronology.
Select thumbnail at the left for larger photo.
• Saturday, 31 May, 2014
Cement trucks at 7A accompanied another full
day of crew work on the pillars of the third deck.
The manager of Baker Cement Co. indicated the
third deck will be the first floor of the building.
• Friday, 30 May, 2014
The union organizers hovered around the outside
of the site for about an hour, but by 8A they
were gone. Work continued unabated, finishing
the second deck and continuing the pillars for the
third deck.
• Thursday, 29 May, 2014
Protest not Strike
Work started as usual with the site crew, however
by 7A the Rat was back along with about fifty
protesters for the union -- chanting much louder
than the construction noise, snarling Military
traffic as bad as construction interference, all
under the watchful control of half dozen police
cars and motorcycles. And like yesterday, after
troubling AM rush hour traffic, the union
protesters -- and RAT -- are gone by 10A, while
work on the walls and pillars for the third deck
continued on the site -- mostly behind the trees.
Visible was the placement and filing of three gang
forms for support pillars, most of the work in the
rain.
• Wednesday, 28 May, 2014
Strike - OUT
The union started setting up strike signs at 6A
and by 6:50A the strikers gathered outside the
Military Rd. gate and at the corner of Military and
Connecticut, while chanting started at 7A. The
Police cordoned off Military by 7:05A, but by
8:30A the Big Rat was being deflated, and by
8:45A the cement crew was back on site doing
their morning group exercises. Attached is the
union position paper (in pdf format) distributed to
the surrounding neighborhood. And work took
place behind the trees for the rest of the day,
except four flying port-a-potties at 11:45A.
ª Tuesday, 27 May, 2014
- Video - Knee Deep in Cement
-The crew finished the rebar web and poured
cement front and center and by the late
afternoon, the crew was walking on the finished
second deck of the parking garage. Work
continued on the north-eastern wall, and a crew
team cleaned the sidewalk outside the fence on
Connecticut Ave.
Viewing Notes:
- The time-lapse is longer than usual (2:59 min)
because it was slowed to show more detail.
- In the AM video, put your hand over the part of
the screen showing the sun to shield your eyes
from the glare.
• Monday, 26 May, 2014
Memorial Day