Monthly Archives: November 2017

Thousands of Building Trades members came together after work on November 14th to speak out against Open Shop in NYC. Gary Labarbera, President of the Building Trades, lead proceedings and emphasized that we are stronger when we stick together. District Council Business Manager Bobby Bonanza and other Building Trades leaders also spoke of the importance of union solidarity and all repeated to the crowd that you can "Count Me In!" In his speech, Business Manager Mike Prohaska told an important story about the power of solidarity: "In 1980 in a cold dreary shipyard in Poland, a young woman named Anna was fired 5 [...]

Local 79 members in Staten Island gave back to their community at the 15th Annual Graniteville Quarry clean-up at Mariners Harbor. Members planted 1500 Daffodil bulbs, 100 Echinacea and purple cone flower perineal, as well as replaced bark chips along the paths and did general clean up.Local 79 organizer Mike Robles said, "I would like to thank all the members that came out on a Saturday morning to help with the clean-up and beautifying of the Graniteville Quarry park." Local 79 members are proud participants in their communities and look forward to volunteering again in the future.

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