Fair Wage Projects in San Antonio: Gymnasium At St. Cecilia's Catholic Church
San Antonio would be the test to implement fair wages to any construction project in the archdiocese. Archbishop Lucey corresponded with Father Balthasar Janáček at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church over the construction of a new gymnasium throughout 1962-65. The gymnasium would not only benefit the parish but the growing community on the south side of San Antonio. Working with a local construction company, J.J. Falbo Construction Co., the archdiocese was able to pay a "proper decent wage" to any individual who worked under the archdiocese.
Several correspondences between Fr. Janáček and Lucey reveal the contents of any negotiations between a company and the archdiocese. For example, Lucey insisted that Falbo provide evidence of workmen's compensation, employer's liability, bodily injury, and automobile bodily injury before they proceed with the building project. Furthermore, a letter between Janáček and Lucey during the last phase of the project shows us the extent which Lucey was involved in the project. The correspondence reveals that Falbo had not hired a steel company under the supervision of the trades council in San Antonio. In the end the company did show evidence of paying an even higher wage than the union pay rate. Lucey was thus fully aware of what occurred with any project done in the diocese of San Antonio.
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