💪 "Get your ass out there and make it work! Make it a better community for everybody. Build our numbers. Build our workforce. Be an #activist."
Wise words from 20-yr @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 3 Member & new #JCBrigade Captain Merle Lockhart.
Give him a shout in the comments!
👷♀️ Laura Whitelaw, of @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 3 & our newest #JCBrigade Capt., is showing what #LaborersRising looks like!
"I feel very thankful and grateful for the Union that's given me the opportunity to be able to step into a role where I can use my voice for positive events."
💪 Thx @jakeephros.bsky.social, Joel Brooks & @katiebrennan.bsky.social for standing w/the #JCBrigade & calling on Namdar Grp. to drop exploitative contractors AJD & Concrete Rising!
Excited to work w/you, Mayor Solomon & the City Council to ensure future development benefits all of Jersey City.
Jose Mendoza, a former Concrete Rising worker, shares his story of exploitation working non-union in Jersey City.
The Jersey City Brigade gets LOUD in the streets on the march against worker exploitation.
JC Brigade Captain Chris Capers leads a pro-worker chant as the JC Brigade brings the fight to raise standards for ALL workers to the streets.
LIUNA & the Jersey City Brigade are fighting to raise standards for ALL workers, while evening the playing field for our members and signatories.
📢 When low-road contractors, like AJD, build #WorkerExploitation into their bottom line, ALL Jersey City residents lose.
@weareliuna.bsky.social & the #JCBrigade are fighting to raise standards for ALL workers, while evening the playing field for our members and signatories. (2/2)
LIUNA Local 3, the Jersey City Brigade, and the Laborers Rising balloon took to the streets to protest ongoing worker exploitation in Jersey City.
The sign says it all: "Workers Over Billionaires."
LIUNA Local 3 and the Jersey City Brigade are taking it to the streets, fighting to raise standards for ALL workers!
WE ARE LABORERS RISING!
🗣️ @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 3, the #JCBrigade & the #LaborersRising balloon were IN THE STREETS today, protesting ongoing worker exploitation in Jersey City.
AJD jobs on Van Reipen & Pavonia were stopped for working w/o permits & Journal Sq. was stopped for wage & hour violations. (1/2)
✊ Earlier this month, Jersey City posted a Stop Work Order at Namdar Group’s project at 612 Pavonia Ave for working w/o a permit.
@weareliuna.bsky.social Local 3 & the #JCBrigade have been protesting for 2 mos. & our presence is getting noticed!
Add your voice:
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🗓️ #JCBrigade Training TOMORROW!
LEROF Dir. Dave Johnson will talk about past organizing success in NYC & what they can teach us about #organizing new workers today.
WHAT: JC Brigade Training
WHEN: Wed. Oct. 22, 6 PM
WHERE: 251 MLK Dr, Jersey City
RSVP: https://form.jotform.com/252453960856163
Give #JCBrigade members Cary, Laura, Tyler, Andrew & Merle 30 minutes and a camera, and they'll show you #LaborersRising through Brigade membership!
Their energy & passion for @weareliuna.bsky.social is contagious, so come to the next Brigade mtg. & get involved!
👷♀️ Representation matters.
As part of our #JCBrigade union-fluencer Training, Keilyn captured the energy of her time at the Tradeswoman Build Nations Conference, reminding us of the importance of #women in the trades — and the pride our @weareliuna.bsky.social sisters carry every day.
🎥 ICYMI: 500+ @weareliuna.bsky.social members marched down Broad St. in Newark, NJ w/LIUNA GP Booker & LIUNA VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social during the Newark #LaborDay Parade!
Thx to Locals 3, 55, 77, 108, 472 AND the #JCBrigade for showing everyone what UNION SOLIDARITY looks like!
🎥 Watch @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 3 member & #JCBrigade Captain Chris Capers on #DavisBacon:
"Cutting the Davis-Bacon Act will drastically cut my pay that I use to provide for my family.
"We support Davis-Bacon.
"Get your hands off Davis-Bacon & let us keep putting bacon on the table."
NBD, just @mikiesherrill.bsky.social holding a roundtable in #JerseyCity on rental prices and workforce housing w/ @weareliuna.bsky.social's own #JCBrigade Captain Chris Capers at the table! 💪
