He also had been manager of the council, but he gave up the title last year to his longtime deputy, Charles LeConche. Lopreato lives in a condo on the 24th floor of Bushnell Tower in downtown Hartford with his bride of three months. The marriage is his fourth. He gets a new Cadillac every year, and he belongs to a country club in West Hartford. His shoes are always shined, his suits are well- tailored and his graying hair is neatly coiffed, nothing like the jeans, boots and hard hats worn to work by most other members of his union.
Laborers demolish buildings and they build roads.
They haul debris. They do blasting work. They dig holes. They pour cement. They work outdoors in the heat of summer and cold of winter.