The debate over 485x may have died down (for now), but the fight to expand prevailing wages for construction workers is far from over. Nearly five years ago, lawmakers approved a measure that required ...

Gary LaBarbera is the president of the New York state and New York City Building and Construction Trades Councils. Mario Cilento is the president of the New York State AFL-CIO. New York state is ...

A top priority for the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York in 2016 is a bill that would require workers on buildings 10 stories or higher in New York City, public or private, ...

NEW YORK — After decades of relative peace, a labor war between New York’s construction unions and real estate developers has broken out. Anti-union ads are showing up in the subways and in the ...

Former top Teamsters official in New York City, now heading the New York City Building & Construction Trades Council. Nov. 9 testimony: LaBarbera testified that he did not act on Bruno's request that ...

The recent spike in construction deaths in New York City clearly magnifies the difference that education and safety training make in determining whether a worker will make it home to his or her family ...