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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
Local 79 Health Fair
Join the members of Local 79 and their families for a fun-filled all-day outing. The fair offers members and their families the opportunity to receive health screenings (blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose) and get health-related information. Activities include swimming, basketball, volleyball, climbing walls, soccer, miniature golf, softball, raffles, dancing, and an all-day barbeque. Where: Coleman Country Day Camp, Merrick, NY When: Saturday, June 7, 2014, 11:00 am-4:00 pm (rain date: [...]
Park Cleanup Weekend: Local 79 Volunteeers Needed
Join members of Local 79 on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22 to help clean up two New York City parks. Saturday Wingate Park Cleanup What: Join Friends of Wingate Park to clean up Wingate Park When: Saturday, June 21 at 10:00 am Where: Wingate Park (meet at corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Rutland Road) Refreshments will be served For more information, contact Anthony Williamson at 646-265-5675 Flyer for Wingate Park [...]
Historic Agreement Reached with Brookfield Properties
The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York recently signed a portfolio labor agreement with Brookfield Properties, an agreement that covers virtually all of Brookfield’s existing and new construction. This agreement ensures that Brookfield, historically a good union developer, will continue to be so over the course of the 20 year agreement. Initially, the agreement was intended to be a project labor agreement to cover the Manhattan West [...]
Rebuilding Ground Zero, Rebuilding a Life: Phil English
Phil English, a member of Local 79, was recently profiled in an article in the Los Angeles Times, a major national newspaper. (LA Times article on Phil English) A Laborer for 15 years, he worked at Ground Zero for six months after the tragic 9/11 attack and then returned in 2007 to help build One World Trade Center, where he continues to work today. He suffered his own personal tragedy [...]
Danny Glover: A Friend of Labor
On Thursday, January 30, renowned actor Danny Glover was scheduled to give a speech on “Workers’ Rights at Home and Abroad” at Pace University. What Mr. Glover didn’t know when he agreed to accept the invitation to give the talk was that Local 79 and other building trades had been carrying on a lengthy campaign against Pace University’s use of a non-union contractor to build its’ new 35-story dormitory building. When [...]
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