Construction: Roger's Roundtable

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Worst Offenders. Whether the attack will succeed is another question. There is no doubt that the companies represented on Roger's Roundtable have the financial power to help contractors hold the line. But some of those companies have been among the worst offenders in demanding quick completion of plants, whatever the cost and however much the jobs disrupt work on other projects. The Associated General Contractors recently protested to General Motors about the fact that since March workers have been putting in a 70-hour week at a new G.M. assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, and collecting double time after 40 hours. G.M.'s explanation is as understandable as the contractors' ire: the automaker needs the plant as much as contractors need the men elsewhere. G.M. has to have the space to produce a small car to compete with Ford's Maverick.