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Pulte Homes, the country’s fourth-largest housing developer, faces strikes in two cities over its contracting practices. Pulte outsources building operations like drywalling and painting to contractors. But workers building Pulte houses know who’s ultimately responsible when they face unsafe working conditions, low wages, long hours, unaffordable health care, and nonpayment of overtime.

Attempts to organize or speak out are met with intimidation and threats of replacement. Harassed employees in Phoenix and Las Vegas have gone on strike against their subcontracting firms and are agitating against Pulte. Workers hired to build homes for Pulte by contractors are picketing developments and leafleting prospective home buyers.

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Sun, 08/31/2008 - 9:59pm