Sentences with phrase «former construction worker»

The former construction worker also said he was able to accomplish his goal — despite a lot of family support.

According to the news outlet, David Hoff, a former construction worker, contracted the incurable form of cancer after working with wallboard products, as particles from the products became airborne when they were sanded down at jobsites.

I am a former construction worker who got tired of being cold.

She then added that as a former construction worker, she knew how to use a drill.

«We have all the engineers» personal cell phone numbers, and they're listening to us,» says Davis, a former construction worker.

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Edward Ott, a labor expert at CUNY and former executive director of the New York City Central Labor Council, said that Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York's agreement may encourage more developers to hire union workers for affordable housing projects.

Hawkins was joined by former residents at the site of the former 400 - unit Kennedy Square low - income public housing on S. Crouse Ave.. The site is now a staging area for parking, equipment, and materials for construction workers who were busy as Hawkins spoke building upscale apartments across E. Fayette St. for the Syracuse University community with rents ranging from $ 1,400 to $ 2,500 a month.

It also demands the passage of laws guaranteeing renters an attorney in housing court, a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, more construction projects employing union workers and local residents, more supportive housing for people with HIV, and an end to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's «cluster - site» housing — where the city paid landlords $ 3,000 a month to put up homeless families, often in deplorable conditions.

Yellow - faced, coverall - clad construction worker Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) is of the former type.

The second text is from the never to be published manuscript «Construction of One» aka «Construccion de Uno» (2005 onwards), a dystopian story that follows a group of workers as they reoccupy a former factory and attempt to completely resolve all relations of production and consumption.