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9/11 Memorial Museum Offers Free Admission to Rescue and Recovery Workers
Workers involved in the New York City, Arlington, VA, and Somerset county, PA rescue, recovery, investigation, cleanup, and relief efforts after 9/11 are eligible for free admission to the 9/11 Memorial Museum. To be eligible, workers must register with the Rescue and Recovery Workers Registry, a registry that documents workers who were involved in the post-9/11 effort and also provides a space for them to interact as a community. To register, click here. Upon registering, you will [...]
Local 79 Hosts Spring Retiree Luncheon
On April 8, 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 highlight of the event was when Business Manager Mike Prohaska presented seven retirees with plaques that recognized their 50 years of membership in Local 79. [...]
May Day Rally Draws Huge Crowd
Hundreds of Local 79 members joined well over a thousand workers from various unions to celebrate May Day 2014 with a rally near New York City Hall. Under beautiful sunny skies, labor leaders and politicians spoke about the ongoing struggles faced by working people in New York City. Many spoke of the continuing struggles of working people in an economy that has increasingly seen the largest share of income go to the 1%. At the same time, [...]
Affordable Housing March on August 20
Local 79 members are strongly encouraged to join a march for affordable housing and good jobs, sponsored by Real Affordability for All, a coalition of community groups and labor unions. Let's make it loud and clear that good jobs are an indispensable part of the new administration's affordable housing initiative. Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Time: 4:30 pm Where: First Corinthian Baptist Church 1912 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (between 115th St. and [...]
Mike Prohaska Joins Board of Nontraditional Employment for Women
On April 1st, 2014, Local 79 Business Manager Mike Prohaska was voted onto the Board of Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW). Founded in 1978, NEW, whose mission is to prepare women for skilled, unionized jobs in the trades, serves women from all five boroughs in New York City. Local 79 has many proud graduates of NEW who have gone on to complete the apprenticeship program and are, according to Local 79 [...]
Local 79 Joins Wage Theft Coalition
Local 79 has joined the New York Coalition to End Wage Theft, a coalition that seeks to put an end to the scourge of wage theft through the strengthening and the stricter enforcement of New York's landmark Wage Theft Prevention Act. Other groups in the Coalition include Make the Road New York, the Center for Popular Democracy, Laborers' Local 78 and 108, the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Workers' Union (RWDSU), and the [...]
Immigration Forum Draws Hundreds of Members
Hundreds of Local 79 members and their families came to Local 79's Immigration Forum on April 6, 2014. Speakers included LiUNA General President Terry O'Sullivan, Local 79 Business Manager Mike Prohaska, LiUNA Assistant Director of Legislative Affairs Yvette-Pena O'Sullivan, Senator Charles Schumer, Congressman Joseph Crowley, NY State Senator Jose Peralta, NY State Assemblyman Francisco Moya, and four attorneys from Make the Road New York. Mike Prohaska opened the Forum by thanking Local 79's immigrant members [...]
Memorial Mass Honors Construction Workers
Hundreds of Building and Construction Trades union officials, members, and management, including the leadership and many members of Local 79, gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Tuesday, April 29 for the sixth annual Construction Workers Memorial Mass.The Mass honored the memories of construction workers killed or injured on the job in 2013 and early 2014. After assembling outside the St. Patrick’s, the crowd, most of whom wore hardhats, somberly proceeded inside [...]
Register for Albany Bus Trip!
Politicians are allowing powerful developers to use 421a tax breaks to increase their profit. Local 79 will be demanding that developers taking advantage of these tax breaks pay union wages to the construction workers building these projects. All members attending will receive their Mandatory Participation credit and/or $25 and shirt & hat. Breakfast & lunch will be provided. When - Tuesday June 17th. Bus leaves at 6:30am and will return at approximately 6pm. Where – The bus will [...]
Rally Alert: Protest Against Lettire Construction
Why: After having stolen millions of $$$'s from workers on previous jobs in New York City, Lettire Construction is trying to make a comeback in Brooklyn. Local 79 will be joining community groups in Brooklyn this Saturday to protest the presence of Lettire in the Flatbush community. When; Saturday, July 12, 1:00 pm Where: 626 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY For more information, contact Anthony at 646-265-5674
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