NYC BLACK UNION CONSTRUCTION WORKERS EARN 20% LESS

Union Report

0

The Center for Union Facts has launched a new campaign to cast a light on pay disparities between African Americans and their white counterparts in New York City’s construction unions. The campaign includes a website, BlackWorkersMatter.com, and billboards across the city of New York to “educate the public on the income inequality in the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC),” according to CUF’s blog.

The message: In spite of construction union rhetoric on diversity, black union members make 20 percent less on average than their white counterparts.

The campaign launched with full-pages ads in City & State, the Amsterdam News and in the New York Post. The Center for Union Facts also sent a team to City Hall to hand out black and white cookies to demonstrate to city policymakers the uncomfortable truth about pay disparities in the city’s construction unions.

The website has copies of its print and radio ad available for download, and emphasis these facts!

1.Black unionized construction workers in NYC make $5.74 less per hour on average than white unionized workers.

2.Multiple NYC construction unions are currently facing allegations of discrimination.

3.NYC construction union leadership is overwhelmingly male and white.

4.Construction is one of the least-diverse unionized sectors of the NYC economy.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION