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Local 79’s John Wund Selected to Be Special Assistant at Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York
John Wund, a member of Local 79 since 1998, has been appointed to the position of Special Assistant to the President at the Building and [...]
Make the Road New York to Provide Members with Immigration- And Naturalization-Related Legal Services
Make the Road New York to Provide Legal Services to Members As of October 1, 2014, Make the Road New York (MRNY) will begin to [...]
College Scholarships Available for High School Seniors
High school seniors who are eligible dependents of Local 79 members and are planning to go to college are encouraged to apply for two different scholarships, one sponsored [...]
LATEST NEWS
Local 79 Builds Benches in the Bronx
On Saturday, November 1, staff from Local 79 and Greater New York Laborers &-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (GNY LECET) and participants from Local 79's pre-apprenticeship Navigation Program volunteered their time [...]
Thousands Rally Against Non-Union Developer
Hundreds of Local 79 members joined over 5,000 other building trades' union members on Wednesday, October 29th for a rally to protest the contractor JDS's 70-story [...]
Raucous Rally at 133 Greenwich Street
On October 9, hundreds of Local 79 members joined hundreds of members of other building trades and members of the Hotel Trades Council at a [...]
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