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Author: District Council 9

Union’s Handbill About ‘Bed Bugs’ and Manhattan Hotel Is Not Defamation, Court Rules

New York Law Journal | Jan. 31, 2017 by Joel Stashenko   Handbills that said a Manhattan hotel was “infested with bed bugs” but then offered another definition of the pests expressed protected speech and were not defamatory in a labor dispute between the hotel’s management and a painters’ union, a state judge ruled. Manhattan… READ MORE

DISTRICT COUNCIL 9 POLITICAL DIRECTOR DAVON LOMAX ON TRAINING STANDARDS FOR ALL WORKERS

NEW YORK CITY MUST REQUIRE TRAINING STANDARDS FOR ALL WORKERS By Davon Lomax | January 31, 2017 | NY Slant The New York City Council held a hearing on Tuesday on Bill 1447, introduced by Councilman Jumaane Williams, that would require state-sanctioned apprenticeship programs for all buildings above a certain height. Passing this bill is… READ MORE

A MESSAGE FROM BM/ST JOSEPH AZZOPARDI ON INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO REPEAL THE DAVIS-BACON ACT

Brothers & Sisters, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has introduced legislation to REPEAL the federal DAVIS–BACON ACT. This would in effect slash the wages of both union and non-union American construction workers. As many of you know, this is the standard by which we all live to provide for our families. In District Council 9 alone… READ MORE

A MESSAGE FROM BM/ST JOSEPH AZZOPARDI on Senator Jeff Flake’s “Pay Cut for American Workers Act”

Brothers & Sisters, Below you will find information on a bill introduced by Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) to REPEAL DAVIS-BACON. As many of you know this is the standard by which we all live by to provide for our families. In District Council 9 alone that’s over 26,000 people. I cannot stress how important this… READ MORE

DC 9 Political Director Davon Lomax Calls for Action on Safety Standards After Construction Worker Falls to Death in Brooklyn

Construction Worker Falls to Death in Brooklyn By Lyndsay Christian | Saturday, December 10, 2016 Authorities are investigating after a construction worker fell to his death in Brooklyn on Friday morning. It happened just after 8 a.m. at 325 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, the site of the old Domino Sugar Factory. Police said Wilfredo Enriques, 59,… READ MORE

Deal finally opens door for public-housing residents to get union jobs

Painters’ union and New York City Housing Authority create apprenticeship program By Rosa Goldensohn | October 25, 2016 12:40 p.m. Crain’s New York For years, unemployment has plagued the city’s public-housing residents, who rarely could navigate the process to nab one of the well-paid union building trades jobs in and around the developments where they lived…. READ MORE

NYCHA Tenants Get Chance to Apprentice for Union Jobs Under $26M Program

NYCHA Tenants Get Chance to Apprentice for Union Jobs Under $26M Program

By Kathleen Culliton | October 25, 2016 2:05pm DNAinfo MANHATTAN — A $26 million apprenticeship program will provide an entry into civil service construction work for New York City Housing Authority residents, officials announced Tuesday. The four-year Civil Service Apprenticeship program will offer 100 people the chance to earn membership in District Nine of the International Union of… READ MORE