Before becoming a professional photographer, Steacy worked as a union laborer.

What particularly "riled" the employers were the governor's increase in the corporate tax to balance the budget and his policy of requiring union laborers for public projects.

The marchers - mostly men - were a square-jawed, healthy-looking bunch that included many police officers, firefighters and union laborers.

At the time, Bunim/Murray seemed on the verge of cooperating and using union laborers, whose wages would have been subsidized by the unions themselves.

He worked as a union laborer in summers and received a B.A. in philosophy.

His supporters say his work led to numerous improvements for union laborers.

Their cause is growing among union laborers, and their long fight, intended to turn the Federation into a political organization, is likely to win.

A successful relationship between union laborers and employers relies on a delicate balance of power.

Instead, he looks very much like the union laborer he is, a compact man with thick, coarse hands.

"I found the debate rather fascinating," said Roberts, who at that time was digging ditches as a union laborer during summer vacations.