Come participate in a forum on Labor Unions and Community Organizations working together to effect positive change.
Please notify the Local 46 LMCT if you plan to attend. (718) 267 0468. Check out the link below to read the Metro New York flyer about this event.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/70380818
The Local 46 LMCT as part of the Metro New York Labor Communicator's Council has helped produce what should prove to be an interesting and lively panel discussion on organized labor and the community. If interested in attending call the LMCT office @ 718 267 0468.
See the flyer below for details
If you want to know what's really happening in the world of Labor, and are frustrated with the half story you receive on CNN or Fox, go to an accurate source of information : Workers Independent News.
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Statement on Occupy Wall Street by NYS AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes & NYC CLC President Vincent Alvarez The New York State AFL-CIO and New York City Central Labor Council unequivocally support the rights of the participants of Occupy Wall Street to express their point of view. As such, the labor movement strongly opposes any attempt to silence their voice, and by extension, the voice of 99% of working Americans dissatisfied with our current economic system and the unlevel playing field everyday working Americans are confronted with. |
Local 46 has launched its new Social Media program. Stay tuned for messages from your Local. Remember to get your Labor Day Shirt & Hat this year, you must arrive at the Hiring Hall between 7 and 11 AM, and receive instructions as to where to assemble. Happy Labor Day everyone!
Check out the NY Times interactive page. Check the photos and see if you or someone you know is there.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/09/08/us/sept-11-reckoning/wtc-workers.html
Click below to see Business Manager, Bob Ledwith visiting with some of the many of our members working at WTC 1
http://www.balconynewyork.com/WorldTrade/IMG_2912.JPG
Local 46 steps up to the challenge and in a bold move files a RICO case against HRH/Leviathan.
If you or someone you know, was involved in the rescue- recovery operations at the WTC and have not registered or received medical screening yet, or you simply have additional questions about where you can go or who you can see regarding any medically related matters,you should contact Mr. Reinaldo Pabon via email:
The people at Mt Sinai are ready, willing and able to help!
The building trades, typically a more conservative element of the labor movement, has jumped in with both feet in the Boston area.
Read about it in the Phoenix:
http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/phlog/archive/2011/10/12/labor-unions-plan-massive-show-of-support-in-solidarity-with-occupyboston-on-thursday.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PHXPhlog+%28phlog%29
Although the Building Trades and Local 46 have no official position on this as of yet, why not check out the 10 demands of the protesters. They affect workers everywhere!
http://www.businessinsider.com/finally-specific-demands-from-occupy-wall-street-2011-9