As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300
local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy,
representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck
drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.
The union
representing the carriage
drivers, Teamsters
Local 553, has received support from the city's Municipal Labor Council as well as from Vinny Alvarez, president of the New York City Central Labor Council, and the Working Families Party.
Personal injury lawyers
representing bus
driver's injured in car accidents resulting in chronic illnesses celebrated a victory in this Court of Appeal case (Coast Mountain Bus Company Ltd. v. National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers of Canada (CAW - Canada),
Local 111).