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Laborersâ International Union of North America endorses Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla
The Laborersâ International Union of North America (LIUNA) endorsed Ravi Bhalla for re-election as mayor of Hoboken.
âThe New Jersey Laborers Union enthusiastically endorses Ravi Bhalla for mayor,” said Raymond M. Pocino, international vice president and eastern regional manager of LIUNA. “We have seen firsthand how his leadership and commitment to the residents of Hoboken have made a difference. From protecting vulnerable residents and workers from COVID-19, supporting local business, and upgrading and modernizing Hobokenâs aging infrastructure, Ravi has shown that local government matters, and experience and the ability to find practical solutions to the challenges facing Hoboken matters even moreâ
EnergyEXCLUSIVE Worker group alleges unsafe practices at Marathon Minnesota refinery
Laura Sanicola
5 minutes read
Inadequate safety standards at Marathon Petroleum s St. Paul Park refinery in Minnesota have caused avoidable hydrocarbon and chemical releases that pose a threat to the community, a local worker advocacy group said in a report on Sunday, as a lockout of unionized plant workers extends into its third month.
The report by Local Jobs North, a union-backed organization, said that lax safety standards at the plant led to mistakes that could have ignited volatile hydrocarbons. It also cited inadequate installation of safety controls for pipe repair operations and use of poorly constructed scaffolding.
‘The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn’t originally a climate thing at all… Do you guys think of it as a climate thing? Because we really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing.’ So said Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and generally acknowledged author of the Green New Deal.
Sometimes it is wise to find out what ideas’ originators actually think. That is true for documents that have lit up our lives, such as the US Constitution, as well as for those that have darkened them, such as
Mein Kampf.
This is true as well for the nascent Green New Deal, which President Joe Biden has essentially adopted as his own. Even if Congress fails to pass it entirely, Biden will seek to impose many of its goals through administrative diktats on gas-powered cars, land use, airplanes, any form of fossil fuel and nuclear power. Green New Dealers will also extend the welfare state, including to those who
PROVIDENCE In 2019, the private company staffing the state-subsidized Rhode Island Convention Center and the Dunkin Donuts Center paid $11.8 million to 858 people, including five who share the last name of the Laborers International Union general secretary-treasurer Armand E. Sabitoni.
The list includes Kathleen Masino, the wife of Sabitoni s second in command, LIUNA Vice President and Assistant New England Regional Manager Vincent R. Masino, as the $111,855-a-year director of food and beverage operations.
In fact, the first-ever release of the payroll of this quasi-public arm of state government is a who s who of sons, nephews, in-laws and others who share the family names of key players in the labor movement, past and present:
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