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Labor leaders from Madison and St. Clair counties Friday called on state legislators and construction companies to employ more minority, women and low-income workers on local road projects."We want to see a new day in our region," said Shelia Pargo, a member United Congregations of Metro-East, an advocacy group of several dozen area churches that organized a press conference Friday in Madison.The group is asking that the state provide incentives to contractors to employ more minorities on projects and increase training.They pointed to a study by Dr. Todd Swanstrom, a public policy professor at Saint Louis University, that studied the number of minorities on construction sites in 18 cities in the country.The study, called "The Road to Jobs: Patterns of Employment in the Construction Industry," found African American construction workers in St.
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