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Fire Unions Back Building Trades In Bid for Construction-Apprentice Bill

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 2/6/17

A private- and public-union coalition that includes the leaders of New York City’s Building Trades, the Uniformed Firefighters Association, the Uniformed Fire Officers Association and Transport Workers Union Local 100 is supporting a City Council bill that would mandate apprentice training for all construction workers.

The full-court press for requiring training comes amid a spike in workplace deaths and injuries during the city’s construction boom.

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