The Marin Organization has connections to three companies: Marin Workforce, Marin  Laborers of NJ, and Apex Labor Solutions. All three provide non-union laborers to  construction sites in the NY metropolitan area. All three are also owned by various  members of the Marin family which includes husband and wife, Jeffrey Marin and  Wendy Marin, and their children, Skylar Marin and Lindsay Marin Friedlander. The  Marin Organization is led by President Jeffrey Marin and VP Skylar Marin.

  • In New York’s real-estate industry, “Body Shops” like Marin Workforce, Marin  Laborers of NJ and Apex Labor Solutions are known as providers of non-union  Black and Latino construction laborers whose bodies can be used to build  projects as cheaply as possible. The contingent labor force recruited by Body  Shops often consists of the most precarious workers in New York City:  immigrants, economically disadvantaged New Yorkers, and formerly incarcerated  workers. Body Shops rely on the system of mass incarceration to create a  pipeline of workers. Body Shops create an underclass of construction laborers of  color who are paid at or slightly above minimum wage.
  • In 2021 Marin Workforce and Marin Organization agreed to a settlement with the  National Labor Relations Board to resolve a case alleging coercive rules and  statements. As part of the settlement Marin was required to distribute a notice of  rights to all employees that affirmed their right to talk about wages and other  terms and conditions of employment with their coworkers.
  • A former employee at Marin described unsafe conditions and being pressured to  return to work while injured. When an employment program learned of  allegations about Marin’s working conditions, their placement services arm  stopped working with Marin.
  • In 2025 Marin Laborers of NJ was found in violation of the New Jersey Prevailing  Wage Act and agreed to settle for $26,562 in back wages and $5,531 in  administrative penalties and fees. The New Jersey Department of Labor  investigation concluded that the company failed to pay the prevailing wage, failed  to keep and submit certified payroll, and failed to register as a public works  contractor. Nearly all Marin workers were paid a rate of $18 an hour when they  should have been paid the prevailing wage.
  • On February 24, 2026, a National Labor Relations Board charge was filed  against Apex Labor Solutions for changing the employment status and/or work  opportunities of employees in retaliation for their protected concerted activity at 5  Times Square.
  • On December 18, 2025, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker  Protection sent Preliminary Charges/Findings for five employees of Apex Labor  Solutions and Marin Workforce for violations of the Earned Safe and Sick Time  Act.
  • In November 2025, Marin Workforce entered into a consent order and settlement  agreement with the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker  Protection to pay $40,000 in civil penalties for alleged violations of the licensing  law for construction labor providers. DCWP’s investigation found that Marin failed  to provide all covered workers it supplied on New York City construction sites  with legally required notices containing essential safety and welfare information, including that Marin failed to provide the required Notice of Assignment to at least  72 covered workers in 2023.