Latest posts tagged with #Local472 on Bluesky
🎥 Gov. Mikie Sherrill highlights @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 @gatewayprogram.bsky.social Laborer Tracy Porter during her FY27 Budget Address.
Gov. Sherrill's been fighting for #Gateway & NJ affordability since Day 1.
LIUNA doesn't just have a seat at her table—we helped build the damn thing.
🎥 "As hard as it is to hand out layoff checks, it comes full circle when you get to call the guys back and let them know that they're going to have a job again."— @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 #Laborer Daniel Horvath on @gatewayprogram.bsky.social project resuming, putting members back to work.
When we fight, we win! 💪
A long-form look back at our fight to keep
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funded, told through the voices of @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members on the job and our legislative partners who are pro- #Union, pro-LIUNA, and pro-infrastructure.
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💪 A very New Jersey, very blue collar chat between @pallone.house.gov & @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member (and laid off @gatewayprogram.bsky.social #Laborer) Derrick Healy ahead of tonight's State of the Union address.
![Derrick Healy, LIUNA Local 472 Gateway Tunnel Union Laborer:
"I know a lot of you jokers out there. We had a lot of fun on these jobs, but we gotta keep it going. I said, remember one thing.
"When Trump campaigned, what did he campaign for? Make America Great Again. What's he doing? Exactly [the opposite]. So is this a political scheme where it's just politics as usual, and a guy's going to say one thing and do something different?
"And who pays for it? The blue collar working class. Here again, we're always the guy at the short end of the stick.
"So, if everybody sticks together like we do here, we won't be the short end of the stick. We are the stick."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6we6qkkre2xas36abadbuz2m/bafkreifp7kvq6vaf2ua2cqtlbbkykhqtmtaomkplewsftf3lsstnceeyxi)
Derrick Healy, LIUNA Local 472 Gateway Tunnel Union Laborer: "I know a lot of you jokers out there. We had a lot of fun on these jobs, but we gotta keep it going. I said, remember one thing. "When Trump campaigned, what did he campaign for? Make America Great Again. What's he doing? Exactly [the opposite]. So is this a political scheme where it's just politics as usual, and a guy's going to say one thing and do something different? "And who pays for it? The blue collar working class. Here again, we're always the guy at the short end of the stick. "So, if everybody sticks together like we do here, we won't be the short end of the stick. We are the stick."
![Justin Fowler, LIUNA Local 472 Gateway Tunnel Union Laborer:
"You know, I put my boots on just like the rest of y'all. [But] this isn't a great America.
"Gateway shouldn't have been stopped. We all have mouths to feed, and this is just upsetting.
"It's really upsetting."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6we6qkkre2xas36abadbuz2m/bafkreicichowphtnrsvfnhkjqp45pfemhge4twxtqevtnyxu2f2qqth3vm)
Justin Fowler, LIUNA Local 472 Gateway Tunnel Union Laborer: "You know, I put my boots on just like the rest of y'all. [But] this isn't a great America. "Gateway shouldn't have been stopped. We all have mouths to feed, and this is just upsetting. "It's really upsetting."
✊ Derrick & Justin of @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 are repping us as @pallone.house.gov & @repnellie.bsky.social's guests at STOU.
Derrick: "Is it politics as usual w/Pres. Trump saying one thing & doing another?"
Justin: "@gatewayprogram.bsky.social shouldn't have stopped. It's upsetting."
Thank you for standing with @gatewayprogram.bsky.social #workers & for honoring one of our own @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 journeyworkers, Derrick Healy! 💪
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 Bus. Agent Derek Brooks has a message for Pres. Trump & his refusal to release
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 #Apprentice Edwin Way on the personal impact of Pres. Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Mike Hellstrom III on impacts of the Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Derrick Healy answers what would happen if the Trump Admin fails to fund the #GatewayTunnel:
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
