“A new report by EPI President Lawrence Mishel finds that New York City’s union construction sector has become significantly more racially diverse in the past two decades and that union construction workers earn substantially more than nonunion construction workers, leading to an increased economic benefit for black and Hispanic communities.”
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VIEW REPORT“The new data on the makeup of the industry comes from a comprehensive analysis by the Economic Policy Institute and will present a new hurdle for nonunion contractors, who are already on the defensive politically as Gov. Andrew Cuomo has allied himself with construction unions.”
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