Local 7 will never forget 09-11-2001
[10/19/2008] - On September 11, 2001, New York City changed as we know it. The Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Towers not only took the lives of Rescue Personnel and Financiers, but also members of the New York State Building & Construction Trades Council. The New York State Building & Construction Trades Council member locals lost 62 members on that fateful Tuesday. Please remember our fellow brothers and sisters in your prayers. For a list of members that lost their life on that horrific day please click here
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N.Y. Legislature OK's Gaming Tax Cut to Push $1B Catskills Entertainment Deal
[7/3/2008] - The New York State legislature has voted to cut taxes on video gaming machines, a move that paves the way for a $1 billion entertainment city and gaming development at the site of the Concord Hotel in Monticello, in Sullivan County, N.Y. State, county, and city officials hope the development will ignite a tourism renaissance in the region. to learn more please click here
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growing disparirty in wages
[6/22/2008] - Although Labor Day celebrates the american worker it seems that the CEOS are the only group that is enjoying prosparity.The average CEO currently makes as much money in one day as their employees make in one year. To learn more please click here more