Lowering New York City Construction Standards in Housing: How are workers' lives being put at risk?

Lowering New York City Construction Standards in Housing:

How are workers' lives being put at risk?  

Under the "interest" of constructing low-cost housing, the City of New York has lowered a number of industry construction standards. This has an adverse effect on maintaining a safe workplace in an industry that is by its nature already unsafe. This forum will examine what makes these worksites more unsafe and discuss what actions need to be taken to correct this.

Friday, June 5, 2015

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

UAW Region 9A

256 W. 38th Street, 12th Floor 

Manhattan (between 7th & 8th Avenues)

Panelists:

Mike McGuire, Political Director, Mason Tenders District Council

Barrie Smith, President, 100 Black Construction Workers

Davon Lomax, Political Director, District Council 9, Int'l Union of Painter & Allied Trades,

New York

Sponsored by the New York City Central Labor Council (NYC CLC)  

and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH).

Please register by June 3rd via the Eventbrite link here:

http://bit.ly/1JXjb2Q 

For more information, contact Dwan Williams at 212-227-6440x10.