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(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – Clad in bright orange ponchos, Construction Workers, Labor Leaders and Elected Officials recently rallied against unsafe and exploitative labor practices that they said are occurring at Kingsland Commons, a City-funded Affordable Housing Project in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Standing in front of the partially-completed complex, speakers called on City Officials to strengthen oversight of labor practices on City-funded projects and accused the Marin Organization and Apex Labor Solutions – the Labor Brokers hired by the developer of the project, of being Construction Industry \u201cBody Shops,\u201d suppliers of cheap Non-Union labor which exploit the bodies of vulnerable workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jaylin Dunbar, a former employee of the Marin Organization, told The Chief companies like Marin take advantage of people who are at a low point, and because of that are able to compensate them poorly for such a dangerous job.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are specifically targeting disenfranchised Workers,\u201d said Justice Favor, a Field Organizer at the Mason Tenders District Council. \u201cBlack and Brown Workers, a lot of formerly incarcerated, a lot of people from low socio-economic backgrounds and Immigrant Workers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Representatives said often people were hired with no experience and sent to a site untrained on their first day – which inevitably led to unsafe conditions – and frequent injuries.<\/p>\n
Making matters worse, workers will often work through the pain of their injuries because they need the pay and because Workers’ Compensation is essentially not an option for most.<\/p>\n