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Local 79 is Requesting Member Feedback on Accidental Life Insurance Policy Company
If you are an active or retired member of Local 79, you are automatically eligible to receive a $4,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment benefit provided by the National Income Life Insurance Company (NILIC). You do not need to fill out anything to be eligible to receive this benefit. The benefit is provided free of charge with absolutely no strings attached. However, if you fill out and send back the blue card that NILIC periodically sends out, a [...]
Local 79 Apprentices Lobby in Albany
A busload of Local 79 apprentices went to Albany on June 10 to lobby legislators regarding 421-a, the program that provides tax abatement to developers who build residential housing in New York City. Their presence there was part of the UP4NYC campaign, a campaign that has been going on for weeks to make sure any extension of 421-a carries with it new responsibilities for the developers who are getting the [...]
Join the Annual Labor Day Parade on September 12!
Join fellow Local 79 brothers and sisters and thousands of other union members on Saturday, September 12th for the annual Labor Day Parade. Members will gather at 46th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue at 11:00 am and then march at 12:30 pm. Food and t-shirts will be provided. Labor Day 2015 Flyer
Walk for St. Mary’s Kids/Coney Island Family Fun Day on September 19th
On Saturday, September 19, Local 79 is sponsoring a Walk For St. Mary's Kids/Coney Island Family Fun Day. The day begins at 10:00 am at West 19th Street and the Boardwalk on Coney Island and includes a walk, food, t-shirts, health screenings, soccer, and admission to Luna Park. All attendees are required to purchase wrist bands, which will be available in advance for $20 each at the Local 79 Hall and the September [...]
Join the African American Day Parade on September 20!
Local 79 members are encouraged to join this year’s African American Day Parade on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm. The parade is the largest such parade in the United States and Local 79 is proud to always be well-represented at this event. We will gather at 11:30 am on 113th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem. The parade starts at 1:00 pm and will [...]
Local 79 Joins Rally to Tell Albany to Fix 421-a
On June 2, over 100 Local 79 members rode buses to Albany for a rally outside the state capitol to tell legislators to fix 421-a, the law that allows huge tax breaks for rich developers. They were joined by hundreds of building trades workers, all of whom were demanding that a fix to 421-a must include provisions that provide affordable housing and good paying jobs. Assembly Chair Keith Wright, a [...]
Local 79 Members: Help Stop the Giveaway to Rich Developers!
Local 79 is one of several unions that recently publicly supported an organization called UP4NYC. UP4NYC is an organization that advocates for Albany to repair the broken 421-A tax abatement program. Please click here to read the latest article about the UP4NYC campaign and see a video about the issue. For decades, the 421-A tax abatement program has offered large tax breaks to developers to provide an incentive for residential development in New York City, asking [...]
May 12 Rally Against NYSAFAH
On Tuesday, May 12, the (inaptly named) New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) held their annual conference in New York City. NYSAFAH is an association that, among other things, opposes prevailing wages and transparency about the way in which public subsidies are doled out to NYSAFAH members. Over the past years, media outlets have carried numerous stories about NYSAFAH members being found guilty of millions of dollars in wage theft. Dozens of Local 79 organizers and [...]
Hundreds Join May 12th Rezoning Rally in East New York
On the evening of May 12th, over a hundred Local 79 members were joined by members of other building trades' unions and community organizations at a rally in East New York. The rally, one of a number that have been held in East New York and in other neighborhoods throughout New York City, is part of an ongoing and concerted grassroots campaign related to Mayor Bill de Blasio's plans to rezone a number [...]
Annual Retiree Spring Luncheon at Villa Barone
On the afternoon of May 7, 2015, hundreds of Local 79 retirees gathered at Villa Barone in the Bronx for Local 79’s festive annual Spring Retiree Luncheon. The four-hour event featured food, drink, dancing, and prizes—ranging from food baskets to high-end electronic goods—that were raffled off to the lucky winners. The event is one of many sponsored by Local 79 to recognize retirees for the numerous contributions they have made over the years [...]
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