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April 24, 2006
Targeting Shaya Boymelgreen
Kick off for Nationwide Make Work Pay! Campaign
TODAY! MONDAY APRIL 24th
Join us in a Rally against Shaya Boymelgreen, an Unscrupulous Developer And Launch Nationwide Make Work Pay! Campaign
1000 local workers will gather on April 24th to send a message to Shaya Boymelgreen that workers should be rewarded with decent wages, affordable healthcare, a safe workplace and a chance for a better future. This action will be joined by dozens of events across the country to kick off the national Make Work Pay! Campaign
Stand with Local members the Laborers, Teamsters, UFCW, SEIU, UNITE HERE, Carpenters, Jobs with Justice, ACORN, New York Civic Participation Project and many other community and religious leaders.
MONDAY April 24th 3:00pm
Atlantic Ave at Smith Street in Brooklyn
Metro NY, Activists: ‘We can’t live in New York City’
Also, ACORN stormed an open house this weekend for Boymelgreen's 85 Adams Street project. Their point: developers receiving subsidies from the City should be required to build affordable housing.
Posted by lumi at April 24, 2006 11:42 AM