The New York City Council - File #: Res 0563-2018

• File #: Res 0563-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Support of #CountMeIn, which seeks to strengthen the labor movement.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Filed (End of Session)
• File created: 10/17/2018
• In control: Committee on Civil Service and Labor
• On agenda: 10/17/2018
• Final action: 12/31/2021
• Title: Resolution in support of #CountMeIn, which seeks to strengthen the labor movement.
• Sponsors: Ben Kallos, Antonio Reynoso, Francisco P. Moya, Justin L. Brannan, Barry S. Grodenchik, Diana I. Ayala, Fernando Cabrera , Helen K. Rosenthal, James G. Van Bramer, Vanessa L. Gibson, Robert F. Holden, Karen Koslowitz, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Daniel Dromm , I. Daneek Miller, Stephen T. Levin, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Margaret S. Chin, Alan N. Maisel, Adrienne E. Adams, Carlos Menchaca, Deborah L. Rose, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Mark Levine, Inez D. Barron, Brad S. Lander, Mark Treyger, Eric A. Ulrich

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/31/2021	*	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Res. No. 563

Title
Resolution in support of #CountMeIn, which seeks to strengthen the labor movement.
Body

By Council Members Kallos, Reynoso, Moya, Brannan, Grodenchik, Ayala, Cabrera, Rosenthal, Van Bramer, Gibson, Holden, Koslowitz, Salamanca, Dromm, Miller, Levin, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Chin, Maisel, Adams, Menchaca, Rose, Ampry-Samuel, Levine, Barron, Lander, Treyger and Ulrich

Whereas, #CountMeIn is a rank and file movement comprised of New York City union construction workers that have stated they are fighting against corporate greed and open shop policies, while demanding fair wages, benefits, and working conditions; and
Whereas, In light of large-scale, nationwide attacks on workers, including right-to-work laws, highlighted in the recent Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 case, which banned mandatory agency fees for public sector unions, and since the 2008 recession, the increased prevalence of non-union contractors in large developer projects, #CountMeIn has formed to advocate for union workers across New York City; and
Whereas, According to a 2018 New York Times article, in New York City's construction industry, there has been a growing trend where developers who had customarily done all-union jobs have turned to open shop policies, which allow employers to employ both union and non-union workers; and
Whereas, Presently, #CountMeIn has been actively protesting Related Companies, a privately held New York City developer and landlord, for its use of non-union labor within the Hudson Yards development, a $20 billion project located on Manhattan's West Side; and
Whereas, The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) New York City Central Labor Council states that Related Companies' use of the open shop model of development forces skilled tradespeople of the building trades, generally union workers, to work alongside workers...