San Diego

Construction resumed Monday at the San Diego Convention Center after a settlement was reached with striking union workers.

The center’s labor force returned to work and halted a 2 1/2-day walkout, said Billy Crockett, the center’s construction manager. Union laborers left their jobs last Wednesday in protest over the employment of nonunion workers by a subcontractor, Crockett said.

The nonunion laborers were hired to install resin flooring in the kitchens. A union contract stipulated that subcontractors could only use union workers. The issue was resolved when the nonunion workers agreed Friday afternoon to join the union, at least until the project’s completion, scheduled for Nov. 1.

“The immediate problem is put to bed,” Crockett said, adding that he was unsure whether the work stoppage would affect the completion deadline. The contractor, Tutor-Saliba-Perini, already faces the problem of repairing a faulty sprinkler system because it failed a Fire Department inspection.