Building Trades
Silverstein to Build Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown Manhattan
May 17, 2013
By Kismet Barksdale
New York, NY – Silverstein Properties is planning to construct a skyscraper at 30 Park Place in Tribeca that will include a Four Seasons hotel and Private Residences. At 926 feet, the property will be the tallest residential tower in Downtown Manhattan and one of the tallest buildings in New York City, offering residents panoramic views of the Midtown skyline and New York Harbor.
Pro-Labor Artists Could Skip Frieze Art Fair
May 15, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY - Frieze Art Fair's pig-headed refusal to work with unions traditionally responsible for erecting exhibitions throughout the city will be a whole lot tougher to pull off next year when the international event is expected to return to the Big Apple. Participating artists turned-off by Frieze's anti-labor policies are threatening to skip the entire shindig, while the alliance between labor and the arts community has grown significantly deeper.
Frieze-Out: Haute Art Show Plays Dumb In Labor Dispute
May 11, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY - The Frieze Art Fair returned for a second go 'round on Randall’s Island this week, and just like its inaugural run held on NYC public land last year, organizers of the London-birthed showcase have done their darndest to duck area standards, wages and benefits. (Watch Video)
LaBarbera to Insurers: ‘Pay Your Bills!’
May 11, 2013
By Marc Bussanich 
New York, NY—Nine years after an initial groundbreaking, building and construction workers installed the final section of the 408-foot mast atop One World Trade Center on Friday morning. At midday several hundred gathered at Coenties Slip Park to hear the president of the Building and Construction Trades Council, Gary LaBarbera, implore airline insurers to pay almost $2 billion in claims they promised to pay after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Watch Video
Labor Reacts to TIAA-CREF's New Stance On Development
May 9, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY - Organized labor groups in the city are applauding the second-largest pension fund in the world and its decision to no longer work with irresponsible contractors this week - even as the battle over the Queens construction "sweatshop" which served as the lightning rod for the ongoing controversy continues.
Build Up NY: 'There Ought To Be A Law' For Good Jobs
May 2, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY - A powerful group of building trade organizations and elected officials - including a trio of mayoral candidates - is calling for new legislation that could soon make good jobs a prerequisite to building anywhere within the five boroughs. (Watch Video)
Out-And-Out Terrible: Boos for Non-Union Outlet Mall
April 19, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
Bronx, NY - The new outlet mall slated to replace the Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas on Bruckner Boulevard promises a spate of new construction jobs, and has some elected officials practically giddy with anticipation. But the developer’s suspect record of building in New York City has others convinced that those same jobs will both exploit workers, and negatively impact the surrounding community.
Fired Workers Sound Sour Note at Arias Apartments
April 18, 2013
By Marc Bussanich
Brooklyn, NY—Building services workers were fired on February 28 for organizing themselves to demand their employer pay them higher wages mandated by law. The 421-a legislation provides tax incentives to real estate developers so long as they pay prevailing wages of about $22 an hour. According to the fired workers, they were earning about $10 an hour. (Watch Video)
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