👊 Solidarity with #UnionStrong Laborers Local 79 calling out unscrupulous contractors at the Manhattan Hotel! The workers deserve a living wage!

NYC communities deserve better than notorious non-union demolition companies! #ShameOnRockrose #ShameOnAlba #LaborersRising #LaborersFightBack

Our #ForestHills Back to School Giveaway yesterday was a huge success, with around 400 backpacks and supplies provided to students starting school next week!! Thank you to Grace Meng Queens DA Katz Queens Community Board 6 NYPD 112th Precinct, NYC District Council of Carpenters Laborers Local 79 Forest Hills Stadium Bethpage Federal Credit Union

Momentum is building in the New York City Council for #ConstructionJusticeNYC! Intro 910 will ensure that city subsidies create family-sustaining careers and affordable housing in NYC through real community hire with just wages & benefits.

🪴#repost Laborers Local 79 member Rohnen from Brooklyn took part in the Canarsie Community Development Inc Garden Build. #LaborersRising

As we celebrate Labor Day, let us take pride in being in a union that fights for working men & women! Earlier this month, 6 members were arrested in a civil disobedience that brought attention Rockrose allowing Alba to exploit workers on their projects. We'll never back down! #1u

It's #LaborDay weekend, so today we ask: Can American labor seize the moment? We teamed up with Mother Jones & Magnum Foundation to ask 6 incredible photographers to document the victories and struggles within our current labor movement. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

In NYC, low-income and formerly incarcerated workers are often recruited to work at body shops—low-wage construction firms with few labor protections. Jeff Rae documents a program that offers an alternative.(Pathways to Apprenticeship, Laborers Local 79, Laborers Fight Back) motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

The photojournalism project also became an exhibit at this year's Photoville! Here is Pathways to Apprenticeship visiting our installation, which included Jeff Rae's photographs of their participants! (Laborers Fight Back, Laborers Local 79) x.com/LaborersFight/…

The workers united will never be defeated! We wish a happy Labor Day to all who are laboring towards justice. Whether it's nurses fighting for safer staffing, writers putting a check on AI, or construction workers rallying for immigrant rights, the power of the union is strong.

Today my office is proud to release our Employer Violations Dashboard, a new transparency and accountability tool. Think of it as a “Wall of Shame” for NYC employers. comptroller.nyc.gov/employer-viola…

🚨For NYC workers (and all who care about them) this Labor Day! Check out our new “Employer Violations Dashboard” — a brand new, searchable transparency tool for workplace violations (of federal, state, or local laws) in NYC. Really proud of the team Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s office

NYC comptroller Brad Lander has released an employer violations dashboard with a “Wall of Shame” of companies committing safety violations, wage theft, discrimination and more. The list includes: -Amazon -Gucci -Chipotle -Uber -Lyft And others: comptroller.nyc.gov/services/for-t…

How we celebrate Labor Day in NYC: we put exploitative employers on blast.

When #Laborers fight, we fight together. With #solidarity we can protect and grow our wages, benefits, and pensions #LaborersFightBack

No surprise seeing notorious Alba Services on the inaugural Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Employer Violations Dashboard. Thank you for calling attention to exploitative employers in the non-union demolition industry! comptroller.nyc.gov/services/for-t…

No surprise seeing notorious Alba Services on the inaugural Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Employer Violations Dashboard. Thank you for calling attention to exploitative employers in the non-union demolition industry! #ShameOnAlba

Momentum is building in the New York City Council for #ConstructionJusticeNYC! Intro 910 will ensure that city subsidies create family-sustaining careers and affordable housing in NYC through real community hire with just wages & benefits.

#LosDemolicionistas fight back! #ShameOnAlba #ShameOnRockrose

"Hundreds of union laborers took a stand against the notorious non-union demolition firm Alba Services" Laborers Local 79 LaborPress laborpress.org/union-laborers…