a:25:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2011-09-14 06:00 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"4";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:34:"PRIDE Honors Industry Contributors";s:9:"url_title";s:34:"pride_honors_industry_contributors";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Submit";s:11:"field_id_26";s:34:"PRIDE Honors Industry Contributors";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:177:"Amid a rancorous political climate nationally, PRIDE of St. Louis, Inc. paid tribute to local labor and business cooperation at its annual construction industry awards luncheon.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:13:"PRIDE, awards";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1957:"<p>Amid a rancorous political climate nationally, PRIDE of St. Louis, Inc. paid tribute to local labor and business cooperation at its annual construction industry awards luncheon.  The labor-management organization honored three construction leaders and one company for advancing St. Louis as the best place to build.  The event attracted more than 270 people.</p>
<p>Noting that PRIDE will celebrate its 40th anniversary next year, PRIDE Executive Director Jim LaMantia said the nation could learn much from the St. Louis construction industry\'s tradition of labor-management cooperation.  \"PRIDE co-founder Dick Mantia once described it thusly: &lsquo;In the end, the things we had in common were more powerful than all of our differences,\'\" said LaMantia.</p>
<p>LaMantia pointed to recent collaboration by labor and business that helped attract British car maker Emerald Automotive to St. Louis, provided incentives to energize the local homebuilding industry and $108 million in funding for the two largest construction projects in downtown St. Louis.</p>
<p>Award recipients included:</p>
<ul>
<li>Edward Jones Co., which earned the PRIDE Industry Impact Award;</li>
<li>Jim Frey, a senior vice president of general contractor Alberici Group, Inc., who received the Al Fleischer Management Award.;<br /> </li>
<li>Nathan Broccard, retired former business manager for Operating Engineers Local 513, who received the Dick Mantia Labor Award; and<br /> </li>
<li>Edward Hassinger, district engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation, who received the Joe Rinke Owner Award.<br /> </li>
</ul>
<p>PRIDE, founded in 1972, is an acronym for Productivity and Responsibility Increase Development &amp; Employment.  For more than 35 years, PRIDE has worked to maintain harmony and build cooperation among St. Louis area AFL-CIO construction craft workers, contractors, construction buyers, architects, engineers and suppliers.</p>
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