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Urgent! Contact your Representative: Oppose HR 2309 and Protect USPS Retirement Systems. Please call your Member of Congress in the House of Representatives as soon as possible and request that he/she...
View ArticleThe Devil’s Dust
Asbestos is a mineral and widely used material in the construction industry. It can often be found in insulation, roofing, and tiles. Asbestos is used in a large number of buildings, and a many of...
View ArticleScranton Build Pennsylvania Rally
Scranton, PA – Members of the District Council of Eastern Pennsylvania Laborers’ (LiUNA! Mid-Atlantic) gathered to rally at the Scranton Bridge to demand funding for critical infrastructure repair. On...
View ArticleTOXIC EXPOSURE!
This report, TOXIC EXPOSURE, is the culmination of a yearlong undercover investigation into the practices of the asbestos abatement industry in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Ernest Ojito,...
View ArticleLiUNA! Grows In Baltimore/Washington Area!
Reston, VA – While the United States construction industry continues experiencing unprecedented economic hardships, two cities of the Laborers’ International Union of North (LiUNA!) Mid-Atlantic Region...
View ArticleEBDI protestors met with city police in East Baltimore!
City police were never far away Thursday morning as angry East Baltimore residents marched toward Johns Hopkins protest East Baltimore Development Inc., chanting “We want jobs!” and “If we don’t work,...
View ArticleMajor Win for PLAs!
On February 29, 2012, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, per Judge Victoria A. Roberts, entered a judgment striking down legislation recently passed by Republicans...
View ArticleLiUNA! Mid-Atlantic Releases New Video
Reston, VA — The Mid-Atlantic Region of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA!) is proud to announce the release of a new video illustrating LiUNA!’s business-friendly approach to...
View ArticleLaborers at the 2012 Workers Stand for America Rally!
Philadelphia, PA — The Mid-Atlantic Region of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA!) is proud to announce the release of a new video showcasing the Laborers who attended the...
View ArticleThe truth about Mitt Romney and Working Families
Mitt Romney’s Anti-Working Families address to the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Board of Directors Meeting.
View ArticleLiUNA! Local 657 New Job Training Center
Washington, DC — LiUNA! broke ground Monday October 15 on its new job training center at the Local 657 headquarters site in D.C.’s Ward 5 near the Fort Totten Metro station. Congresswoman Eleanor...
View ArticlePrevailing Wage Works!
The prevailing wage has been in California law for more than 80 years. This short video shows how paying prevailing wages supports our cities, counties, and the economy of our state by providing a...
View ArticleLiUNA Mid-Atlantic on NPR
Liuna protesters block a federal construction site in the District in 2011, alleging that only 13 percent of those working on the project are from D.C. Read the full story, click here.
View ArticleDC Residents Denied Work on Local Construction Sites
Despite a building boom in the District of Columbia, DC residents remain grossly underrepresented on area construction sites. Yet while recently strengthened local hiring rules could reduce the gap,...
View ArticleMid-Atlantic Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Hires New...
Washington, DC – The Mid-Atlantic Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET) has added construction industry veteran David Allison as its Director. David Allison will head LECET...
View ArticleJustice for Corinthian Workers
Arlington, VA – On January 15, 2013 former employees of Arlington based Corinthian Contractors, Inc., local residents, and area immigration groups gathered to demand the company stop using unlawful...
View ArticleLiUNA Mid-Atlantic Supports Immigration Reform
Laborers Speak Out on Immigration Reform: “I’m here with my loud and proud brothers of the Mid-Atlantic region who are fighting for immigration reform,” says LiUNA Mid-Atlantic Region Vice President...
View ArticleLiUNA! Member, Organizer Takes GOLD at USA Judo Senior Nationals
Reston, VA – The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA!) Mid-Atlantic Region is proud to announce that one of its members and lead organizers won the 2013 USA Judo Senior Nationals in...
View ArticleOne World Trade Center: Built by Local Laborers and the Trades
After over six years of construction, the final pieces of the One World Trade Center building are being put in place by Union members, making it the tallest building in the western hemisphere.
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After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Workers Demand ASI Clean up its Act!
Washington, DC – Several current and former asbestos workers protested Asbestos Specialist Inc (ASI) May 23 to demand their employer be held accountable for its dangerous behavior. The workers spoke...
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