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Indiana Construction Union Officials Indicted on Extortion Charges

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One current and one former official of an Indiana iron workers' union local pleaded not guilty in federal court.

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Former Indiana Iron Workers' Union Agent Receives Four-Year Sentence for Jobsite Attack

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Former union business agent Thomas Williamson, 70, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for a 2016 extortion attempt and violent beating of a non-union contractor.

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Former Indiana Iron Workers Union Officials Plead Guilty to Violent Extortion

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Local's former president and ex-business agent plead guilty to extortion in 2016 of nonunion construction crew working on a church project.

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Ex-Ironworkers Local President Sentenced to Prison Term for Extortion

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Former head of Indiana ironworkers' local sentenced for leading attack by local members on non-union contractor's workers.

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Repeal Takes the Wrong Direction on State Prevailing Wages

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With standards of living falling and the repeal of state prevailing wages in Indiana, it’s understandable why such laws would become targets even though they give union construction workers a solid footing in the middle class.

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Steel Bar Processor Investing $36.9 Million to Locate in Porter County

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With Valparaiso-based Chester Construction, which was founded in 1951, expected to begin construction by May, Nuco will build a 150,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art steel bar mill to process carbon, alloy and tool grades of steel into flat, round and square steel bars. “We Source: Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

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Steel Bar Processor Investing $36.9 Million to Locate in Porter County

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With Valparaiso-based Chester Construction, which was founded in 1951, expected to begin construction by May, Nuco will build a 150,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art steel bar mill to process carbon, alloy and tool grades of steel into flat, round and square steel bars. “We Source: Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

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