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Construction on the Alexander-Cairo Port in Cairo, Ill., took another step forward with the signing of a project labor agreement August 5. "We're going through all the engineering design work as we speak because anyone in the construction trades realizes you have to have a floor plan before you start constructing anything," said Larry Klein, chairman of the port district. "Once we get the floor plan, that's when we're go- ing to put all the people here to work, and that will tickle me to death." Although project leaders announced reaching a project labor agreement April 27 with the Illinois AFL-CIO guaranteeing at least 500 union jobs building it, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker returned to the region for the formal signing, which included representatives from various construction trades. As part of the signing, he held a news conference at Fort Defiance State Park. |