Laborers Fight Back

“Queremos luchar para que los nuevos miembros tengan un sueldo digno y que ellos sigan adelante y que siga La Local 79, una unión muy buena” — Local 79 retiree Carlos Rea

Thank you, @bernardlocal79 for the feedback! We drew a lot of inspiration from @LaborersFight awesome work in New York.

"Thank you to @NelpNews for including the Construction Justice Act and Body Shop Bill as examples of how targeted policies can improve job quality, expand pathways into good jobs for workers with records, and address coercive conditions" nelp.org/insights-resea…

Construction laborers must be paid area-standard wages with health insurance and retirement benefits, and Apollo Global CEO Marc Rowan must keep his hands off higher education. Shame on Apollo! We reject Rowan's loyalty oath!

"The Temp Trap: A Blueprint for Organizing Workers with Records in the Temp Industry...with contributions and/or feedback from Bernard Callegari, Laborers’ International Union of North America, Eastern Region" @beyondbars_mia beyondthebars.org/publication/th…

The bipartisan bill, championed in The Bronx by @CnDelarosa, Laborers @local79nyc, and @ourbronxplan, set a $40 per hour compensation standard for workers on city-funded affordable housing projects." norwoodnews.org/update-northwe…

The PSC was proud to join our labor allies from St. John's University @AAUP Chapter and the @CentralLaborNYC yesterday as we stood in solidarity with LIUNA @local79nyc members to demand that Apollo Global Management respect NYC Labor standards.

With my son, @Yankees Stadium Audi Club, @local79nyc Retirees Outing

#tbt Last Holiday season #LaborersRising Brigade members volunteered at food giveaways all across the five boroughs.

Throwback #TBT Labor Day 2025

💪 2,000+ @LIUNA members. One powerful message. Last Friday's #MayDay rally showed what real solidarity looks like—loud, proud, and united. The energy was unmatched, the message was clear: We will not be silent! Take a look!

The working people of New York City know that a good union job can bring a family into the middle class and provide the safety, healthcare, dignity, and respect that we all deserve. Anything less is unacceptable.

NYC is a union town! We are proud to stand with Laborers Local 79 to call out the disrespect for working people on the part of Apollo Global. Exploitation of workers - whether in the construction industry or of university professors - just will not fly. Do better Apollo!

Team Maloney is proud to stand in solidarity with LiUNA @local79nyc, St. John’s AAUP, PSC-CUNY, and the @CentralLaborNYC to call on Apollo Global Management to uphold New York City labor standards. Construction workers at 5 Times Square and any site in our city should be treated fairly. New York is and will always be a union town!

🗳️ Doe Run workers in Missouri are voting RIGHT NOW to join @LIUNA #Local829. @local79nyc stands in #Solidarity w/workers looking to unionize at Doe Run by protesting Doe Run's parent co. in NYC.

This is #MayDay. This is worker #POWER. 2,000+ LIUNA strong in New York City ALONE! This wasn’t a #parade. This was POWER in motion. From #NYC to cities worldwide, workers moved as ONE. We don’t celebrate. We show strength. FEEL THE POWER! #solidarity youtube.com/shorts/fziyNQ7…

📢 We will NOT be silent while #WorkersRights are under attack! But don't take our word for it. Hear it straight from @LIUNA members who took to the streets to make their voices heard on #MayDay!

🗣️ We will NOT be silent when #workersrights are under attack! Nowhere was that more evident than during our #MayDay March down Broadway in NYC. Dozens of @LIUNA members from across @LiUNAEasternReg told us exactly what they were marching for and why they won't stay silent.

✊ @local79nyc gathered outside Doe Run HQ in NYC in #solidarity with @LIUNA #Local829. We demand respect, fair treatment & the right to organize and Unionize without intimidation! This is what Solidarity looks like, b/c an injury to one of us is an injury to ALL of us.