Unions Rally against Pratt Institute

Nearly a thousand union carpenters, laborers, steamfitters, sheetmetal workers, iron workers and many other trades descended on Fort Greene, Brooklyn, to protest against Pratt Institute's refusal to employ skilled, experienced union workers in its massive new construction project. Instead, it has hired a non-union contractor with a history of paying below-market wages, which lowers local standards of living and makes it harder for Brooklyn residents to find fair pay.

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• Union
• Carpenters
• Sal Zarzana
• Pratt
• Brooklyn
• Fort Greene
• Labor
• Construction
• Protest
• March
• Demonstration
• NYC
• Economy

[makinamati]

good schools, soon or later go after money, and eductaion begins to stink.... BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD from outside

[ShyBoy13]

hahaha that rat on that guys hard hat is hilarious!!! Piss On Scabs!!! Union Pride!!!

So Cal Sheet Metal Workers Local 105

[TAGjhoni]

wait, theyre protesting because pratt is finding a lower cost way of improving on the campus and the buildings!?

correct me if im wrong but they chubby guy says just that in 1:00