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Union Strong is the official podcast of the New York State AFL-CIO. We share stories of working men and women who benefit from belonging to a union and having a voice in the workplace.
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Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
In Ep. 8 – If contractors are receiving taxpayer resources on construction projects in New York State then they ought to be paying prevailing wages and benefits to the men and women working on those projects. We hear from Pat Purcell, executive director of LECET on the importance of fixing our broken public works law.
Take action by texting Public Works to 877877
Find the report from Cornell at https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/59/
Find our Support Memo at https://nysaflcio.org/new-york-state-afl-cio-legislative-memos/support-memo-prevailing-rate-public
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