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Oklahoma City Workers Claim Unfair Termination from Colorado-Based Contractor.

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Date: Tuesday, July 8 2003

By Jim Stafford, The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 8--Mitchell Girod makes a living with his hands wielding the tools of a carpenter, and for much of the past year he has helped transform the terminal at Will Rogers World Airport into an Oklahoma City showpiece while working for Colorado-based ISEC Inc.

But it all came to a halt June 12. Girod alleges that's the day he and co-worker Terry Southerland were told that they must join the Arkansas Regional Council of Carpenters and Joiners of America or lose their jobs with ISEC,

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