Jun. 24--Union leaders are concerned that a Kansas-based company chosen to construct the new Kansas City Chiefs' training camp facility will use out-of-town tradesmen over local workers.

Officials representing nearly 1,200 skilled union workers met in St. Joseph Tuesday for their monthly meeting, where the discussion centered around disappointment over a local company not winning the bid.

Missouri Western State University officials say they would have liked to use local labor, but they were bound by state statute to use the lowest bidder. State tax credits will pay for construction.

Crossland Construction Co., based in Columbus, Kan., plans to begin work on the indoor Chiefs' facility on July 1. They bid lowest out of 14 general contractors at $10.29 million. Four St. Joseph construction companies bid on the project.