Unions concerned about Toll Road

"We are very concerned," said Jim Strayer, business manager for the Northwest Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council. "We are not getting the share of the work that we did before."

Construction unions supported Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan for privatization, saying the $3.8 billion Toll Road lease would spur road-building projects across the state. Now union leaders fear the Toll Road will one day become a union-free work zone.

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