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Nontraditional Employment for Women Honors Local 79 Member
At a June 5th luncheon attended by nearly a thousand people, Local 79 member Erika Glen Byam received one of Nontraditional Employment for Women’s (NEW) Equity Leadership Awards. For over 35 years, NEW has prepared, trained, and placed women in careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades. Local 79 has been a strong supporter of NEW, and Local 79 Business Manager Mike Prohaska was recently appointed to [...]
Local 79 Members Needed for Primary Election Day Operations!
Local 79 are urged to assist with Primary Election Day operations Tuesday, September 9 4:00 pm (or later)-9:00 pm Gov. Andrew Cuomo Hotel Trades Council 305 W. 44th Street A, C, E Train to 42nd St/8th Ave All trains to Times Square Contact: Jason Delgado 646-455-9331 Sen. Jeff Klein Maestro’s Caterers 1703 Bronxdale Avenue Bronx, NY 2 Train to West Farms-East Tremont (20 minute walk) 2 Train to West Farms-East Tremont, [...]
Local 79, Local Activism!
On the evening of Wednesday, May 28, over 200 people, nearly half of them Queens–based members of Local 79, filled the Insulators Local 12 Hall for a rally in Long Island City, Queens. The Build Up New York City (BUNYC)-sponsored event was held to mobilize community members to ensure that the Astoria Cove Project, a project that includes three tall waterfront towers and two inland towers, will be built union. [...]
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 [...]
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