Saturday, September 17, 2016

Labor Leaders Condemn de Blasio for 'Callously Overlooking' Construction Deaths

 

A chorus of construction industry union leaders blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday for what they called his inappropriate response to a Crain's report that the city's count of construction deaths excluded a third of fatalities last year

Crain's learned that six of the 17 construction deaths in New York last year escaped the city’s official count. "If any other industry experienced 17 deaths in one year, there would be swift and meaningful action taken to protect life," Joseph Azzopardi, secretary treasurer of District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, said in a statement.

"Once again, this administration picks the statistics that fit their false narrative of being a progressive leader," said Bobby Bonanza, business manager of the Mason Tenders District Council. “Deaths are deaths — count them." 

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Source: Crain's (New York Business)

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