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After years of struggling to make ends meet in various jobs, my life changed when I joined the New York City Carpenters Union. Through the Nontraditional Employment for Women and the BuildingWorks pre-apprenticeship programs, I’ve gained access to a stable career path with great pay and benefits that allows me to provide for my family. Without and the union, I wouldn’t be able to afford to live in the city I’m building.
A recent study found that 41% of construction workers and their families in New York need government assistance just to make ends. To make matters even worse, 25% also have no healthcare whatsoever, due to nonunion construction being rife with exploitative practices. Union carpenters and contractors combat this by providing good wages and benefits for their workers, along with advocating for fair wages for all construction workers, union and nonunion alike.
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